Richard Kyoto Releases Open Summons To Hetty Koes Endang For Alleged Violations Of Copyright

Richard Kyoto (second from the left) with the legal team (Ivan Two Men/VOI)

JAKARTA - Songwriter Richard Kyoto sent an open subpoena on the alleged copyright infringement that Hetty Koes Endang had committed, through a press conference with the legal team on Tuesday, July 16.

The 66-year-old singer is said to have performed a song created by Richard entitled Love' without permission, when he appeared at a concert titled Konsert Satu Suara Volume 2 which was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2015.

"Hetty Koes Endang is suspected of having deliberately sang the song Love' without permission from the creator, and that is a violation of the law in the Copyright Law," said Purwadi, Richard Kyoto's attorney at a press conference today.

It didn't stop there, Richard said Hetty had changed some of the song lyrics in her appearance at the time. In fact, the performance was circulated in the form of a compact disc (CD) and his name was not mentioned as a songwriter.

What Hetty Koes Endang did to the song Poor', was judged not to fulfill Richard Kyoto's economic rights and morul rights as songwriters.

Richard himself admitted that he had only recently learned of the alleged violation, given that no permit was applied to him in 2015.

"Yes, because I just found out and I'm not looking for this. Suddenly I saw it on YouTube, how come there was a concert, there was my song. And I keep observing, right on YouTube there is information about who the songwriter is, how come Nasir bin Muhammad. Then the lyrics are changed, then I look for it, he sells it in CD form," said Richard Kyoto.

Furthermore, the attorney emphasized that he had sent a summons to Hetty Koes Endang previously, but there was no good intention to resolve this problem.

"Our subpoena was ignored by Hetty, there was no positive response, there was no good intention to resolve the issue of copyright infringement by deliberation and kinship. So we gathered here to deliver the summons openly. At the latest 7 days, Hetty's party and related parties will be able to immediately be held accountable for their actions legally," concluded Purwadi.