New LMKN Commissioner Says Royalty Collection Is Still Below 10 Percent

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Law of the Republic of Indonesia (Kemenkum) has officially inaugurated the Commissioner of the National Collective Management Institute (LMKN) for the period 2025'2028, at the Ministry of Law and Human Rights Office, last week.

In an initial statement in public, Dedy Kurniadi, one of the new commissioners, highlighted the collection of royalties which were still very small, even less than 10 percent of the existing potential.

Dedy said that his party needed support from all parties so that the task of managing song/music royalties could be carried out optimally.

"Increasing welfare for creators and relevant rights holders can only be achieved if the wider community also supports the concept of LMKN services for creators and holders of related rights. Hopefully this goodwill will also get support from the government," said Dedy.

"It seems that it is really encouraged to immediately reach various potential royalties collection, which so far may only be 10 percent of the potential that has been waiting, or even lower," he continued.

In carrying out its functions, said Dedy, LMKN will seriously seek everything that has become the right of copyright holders or holders of related rights.

"It will be sought to be taken peacefully, and necessary with understanding. That is, perhaps so far there has been no strong understanding from the community, related to the rights of the creator and holder of the related rights," he said.

Furthermore, Dedy emphasized that his party will seek to increase the collection of royalties through education and understanding given to copyrighted users. The criminal process to provide a deterrent effect for naughty' users will not be used as the main tool.

"It is not in the right place for LMKN to urge the interests of this creator by enforcing the criminal law in front," said Dedy. Basically, according to observations so far, it has something to do with the uninduced community.

"This is related to people's understanding. That's what we tried from the start, where people could consciously love songwriters and related rights holders," he concluded.