Never Mind Songs, Bird's Voice Playing Cafes Must Pay Royalties To LMKN

JAKARTA - Several cafe and restaurant entrepreneurs chose to play birds rather than play songs that ended up having to pay royalties.

This phenomenon occurred after Mie Gacoan's manager in Bali was named a suspect for not paying royalties on the songs and music played at his outlets to the National Collective Management Institute (LMKN).

Responding to this, Dharma Oratmangun as the Chair of the LMKN stated that the sound of the birds being played was also a creation.

Dharma said, there are economic rights for phoneogram manufacturers who record the sound of the bird. Therefore, the business manager is still required to pay royalties.

"Now if he plays the voice of a bird or any sound, it has the rights of the phoneogram producer," Dharma said when contacted by the media crew recently.

"The producer who recorded it has related rights, rights to recorded material, it is also a related right to the form of the audio recording," he added.

Furthermore, Dharma actually questioned the attitude of entrepreneurs who did not try to avoid the obligation to pay royalties.

"Why is it so difficult to pay people's rights? We have to educate the public too. Getting profits in cafes or something, but don't want to pay people's rights. That's not good, it's against our culture," he said.

Through uploads on Instagram, LMKN also mentioned that royalties are incentives for musicians, lyricists, and producers. By paying royalties, it means that copyrighted users have guaranteed the protection of their rights to work and the sustainability of the Indonesian music industry.