About Music Royalty, KLa Project: We've Received Since 1989

KLa Project (Ivan Two Men/VOI)

JAKARTA - KLa Project personnel, Katon Bagaskara (vocals), Badminton (guitar), and Adi Adrian (keyboards) admit that they have never had major problems related to music royalties. Since its formation in 1988, they have implemented a music royalties distribution system according to the agreement.

"We are proud that at the beginning of our career in 1988, we succeeded in collaborating and contracting with royalties," said Adi Adrian when met in Setiabudi, South Jakarta, Wednesday, July 3.

"The three of us always think that they want to follow the international community, and the royalty is good for everyone," said my wife.

Since the debut album KLa was released in 1989, three KLa Project personnel have received royalties from the works they produced. Until now, the royalties received were also felt to be going well.

Adi said that KLa Project was one of Indonesia's music groups that started the application of payment for music royalties. Meanwhile, other musicians prefer a 'flat' agreement or a broken buying and selling agreement.

At that time (most of the musicians) were paid flat or broke up, but we managed to cooperate and contract royalties. That's why we still enjoy royalty from 1989. We are proud like that, it was not uncommon at that time. We are proud to be considered a pioneer of royalties," said Adi.

For information, the agreement to buy and sell is currently limited in the Indonesian music industry.

With Law No.28 of 2014 on Copyright and better awareness than musicians, the implementation of music royalties in Indonesia is going better than before. However, there is still a big job that must be completed to ensure the rights of musicians, especially songwriters.