Reflecting On LMK Australia, Indra Lesmana Responds To The Direct License Discourse

Indra Lesmana talked about direct license running in Australia (Photo: Instagram @indralesmana)

The dynamics about the distribution of music royalties involving songwriters and singers are still rolling. Jaz musician Indra Lesmana tries to highlight from the direct license side.

Previously, this seasoned keyboardist had spoken about the opt-out option, where there was copyright to a song that might be excluded. He also saw composers screaming about his rights as something natural.

Recently he returned to talk about music royalties and vicecara direct license or direct payments between users and composers. The musician, who was a member of Krakatau Reunion, explained the flexible direct license system at LMK Australia for songwriters.

"LMK in Australia (APRA) provides several types of Direct License that can be applied to its members, apart from "Opt-Out" some are called "License Back"," Indra Lesmana wrote in Threads, March 17 yesterday.

Indra further explained about the definition of the license. He also revealed that one of his songs had implemented the system.

"Licence Back allows creators to license one or more songs, scr directly to certain users for certain use. For example, specifically for my song entitled "Month of Asia" I want to direct license with certain users, but outside of that other users can keep dealing directly with LMK. cool," he continued.

Indra Lesmana's narrative is supported by other Threads users, including the cases of Agnez Mo and Ari Bias as well as the discourse direct license which has been carried out in a gentle agreement by a number of Indonesian musicians.

"Wow, it's true, uncle... so the owner of the song still has authorization to who has the right to use the song for special reasons," said the netizen. "It's hard to understand that Agnezmo fans are uncle," said another.

"Precisely "they" say Direct Licensing is a setback and thuggery of the music industry," another user added, agreeing.