Regarding Song Lectures, Naive And The Fly Have Also Been Victims

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JAKARTA - The case of song piracy, where someone uploads the cover of songs to Digital Service Providers (DSP) such as Spotify, has become a hot topic of conversation lately.

Some time ago, Mahalini complained about the cover version of the song Siai which was uploaded to Spotify. More than that, the credit for the song was changed in such a way.

Responding to the case of the song hijacking, Franki Indrasmoro alias Pepeng, former Naif, said that similar cases have often been found in recent years.

"Recently, it sounds quite a lot, so it's not just Mahalini. From The Fly too, the guitarist said that there was a song he uploaded to the digital platform, but the title was changed if I'm not mistaken," said Franki Indrasmoro when contacted by VOI on Monday, January 22.

Pepeng, who is currently also busy with his activities in the world of publishing with Massive Music Entertainment, even said that Naif had been a victim of piracy. Some of their works were uploaded to Spotify without permission first.

Di Massive juga ada. Saat itu Naif juga pernah, ada dua album yang ada di Spotify dan digital platform lainnya. Jadi, Naif dulu punya album judulnya Let's Go tahun 2008, nah album itu tak ada di DSP, Spotify dan lain-lain, ungkap Franki.

In addition, Naif's appearance in an event which was later uploaded to the YouTube platform has also been the object of piracy. Unresponsible parties uploaded audio from the Naif appearance to the DSP.

Franki had announced via social media regarding piracy by Naif, but there was no response, until he finally asked Massive Music Entertainment to reduce the piracy content.

"Yes, I just want us to talk and share. Only at that time no one responded, finally 24 hours of asking to be taken down," he said.

However, Franki also assessed that the perpetrators could not be completely blamed. The reason is, the issue of copyright has not been well socialized in Indonesia.

"Personally, I myself can't blame the person who uploaded it without permission, I can't completely blame them. Because sometimes they don't understand, they don't mean to be bad. Sometimes I don't understand," concluded Franki Indrasmoro.