KSI: The Name Of Individuals Is Much Stronger Included In The Copyright Of Music Work

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JAKARTA - Advocacy Manager of the Indonesian Art Coalition (KSI) Hafez Gumay assesses that the use of individual names for the writing of copyright for musical works is prioritized, rather than being written under the name of a group or band to avoid unwanted events in the future.

"Our problem, which is known by law, is only the name per person, the band (or group name) is actually not a legal entity, so it must be an individual name," said Hafez as quoted by ANTARA, Sunday, November 3.

"In the data meta, it will be an individual name, it can be a stage name or real name," he continued.

Furthermore, Hafez gave an example, there is a band on behalf of its musical works under the name of their band.

Over time, the band separated due to internal conflicts, leading to copyright problems from their songs.

In the copyright of a work, the creator will get moral rights in the form of writing their names when the work is published and economic rights in the form of royalties or distribution of the results of the publication of works. Later, the granting of economic rights will be given by the Collective Management Institute (LMK) which has the authority to regulate copyright of works.

However, the band is difficult to determine how many royalties each member can get due to the unclear naming of copyright from the start.

"In the past they were together, but we didn't know that in the future they had an argument or someone died, it could also be a problem because the heirs were not necessarily grouped up with other members," said Hafez.

Therefore, Hafez suggested that the writing of the copyright of the work should be written under the names of individuals involved in its manufacture. This is done to clarify the amount of royalties that each person has the right to receive.

"It's important that when we have a song or agreement in the song, which part is what percent, it's better to 'fair' from the start," said Hafez.

If one member dies or leaves the band, but their copyright of musical works is written under their individual names, then the members will still get their share according to the provisions.

Part of the copyright can also be represented by related heirs if the band member is declared dead.

"When, for example, the songwriter makes a work, the work will be protected as long as he lives," said Hafez.

He added, "Once he dies, his copyright will be given to his heirs for 70 years since the creator died".