Piyu Questions Direct Licensing That Continues To Be In Conflict

JAKARTA - In the midst of a commotion over the management of music royalties, Piyu is consistent with the discourse of direct licensing. According to him, this system will cut the bureaucracy so that copyright owners can feel the benefits firsthand.

He conveyed this when he was a resource person at The Soleh Solihun Interview which aired on August 18 yesterday. He became one of the musicians and songwriters who questioned transparency in the collection of royalties by LMK and LMKN.

In his struggle with ACTION, the direct licensing system was also said to have violated the applicable law. The PADI Reborn guitarist emphasized that it was not true.

"No one violates it. We use Article 81 as our reference for doing this, because we see that we are uncomfortable with the distribution that has been given by LMK," said Piyu in the broadcast.

"As LMK does abroad, if it's not comfortable, you can opt-out and run it yourself," he added.

The collection of royalties, especially for concerts, is the main concern that Piyu voiced. With a direct licensing approach, in addition to good communication between song singers, royalty submission will also run without much flow.

"So why when we convey dl with a digital system that can go directly to the creation is rejected, maybe because we don't want to be transparent in that calculation. That's what is reasonable to suspect," said the musician from Surabaya.

In order to develop direct licensing, Piyu et al will lead to digitalization to ensure transparency. However, for now, its implementation is still carried out manually, by improving 'tools' as a long-term target.

"We don't want to go into the digital realm first, what is clear is first. Singers carry the song creators who are members of ACTION, that's all first. The process is gradual, so we just have to do it one by one," he concluded.