Virgoun's Appeal Regarding Royalty Distribution Rejected, Lawyers Will Advise Cassation

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JAKARTA - Wijayono Hadi Sukrisno alias Kris, Virgoun's attorney, responded to the decision of the Jakarta Religious High Court which rejected an appeal from his client regarding the divorce decision with Inara Rusli at the West Jakarta Religious Court.

Kris said there had been no official announcement from the court received by his party, so he did not want to comment too much on the decision.

"There is a lot of news on social media and all updates regarding the decision of the appeal. So I need to inform you that there is no official announcement from the court yet," said Wijayono Hadi Sukrisno at Polda Metro Jaya, Thursday, February 15.

"That's why friends who contacted yesterday, I was a bit hesitant to say it. Because I didn't hold black on white that the decision already existed," he continued.

However, if he has received a decision from the court and it is true that the panel of judges rejects the appeal, then he will suggest that Virgoun file an appeal.

"But it's okay, in the sense of the word even though there is a notification via social media and it can be accessed at the Supreme Court or SIPP court, it's more or less what kind of decision I don't know. But if it is similar to the decision of the Religious Court, yes, if my advice is for Virgoun, you have to adjust the cassation, "said Kris.

Previously, Arjana Bagaskara as Inara Rusli's attorney informed that Virgoun's appeal had been rejected. That way, royalties from three songs written by Virgoun are still seen as shared assets, and Inara Rusli is entitled to 50 percent of the royalties of the three songs.

"50% (fifty percent) of the royalty net income obtained by the convention defendant as the songwriter of the Love Letter for Starla, Evidence and Selamat from PT Digital Maya Chain as a publisher is the joint property of the convention plaintiff and the convention defendant," reads the verdict received from Arjana Bagaskara, Tuesday, February 13.

In their consideration, the panel of judges said that the three songs whose royalties were entitled to be obtained by Inara were songs that were created during the wedding.

Furthermore, it is explained that one of the song titles clearly uses the names of children from Virgoun and Inara.

"Because it was clearly obtained (created) when it was still in marriage, one of the titles of the song was the name of the Plaintiff's child and the Defendant himself," the panel of judges considered.