Vidi Aldiano Absent From The First Trial Of The Lawsuit For Copyright Violations Keenan Nasution And Rudi Pekerti

Vidi Aldiano (Instagram @vidialiano)

JAKARTA - The inaugural trial of the lawsuit against Keenan Nasution and Rudi Pekerti against Vidi Aldiano at the Central Jakarta Commercial Court was held on Wednesday, May 28.

Keenan and Rudi as reporters, were present through their attorney, Minola Sebayang. Meanwhile, Vidi and his attorney were not present.

"This is the first trial. The trial has already started and it turns out that at today's trial the defendant was not present. And therefore a second summons will be given, and the trial will be scheduled for three more weeks from today, June 11," Minola told the media crew, after the trial.

Vidi's absence, either by himself or represented by a legal representative, was felt as normal. However, Minola noted, if the reported person continues not to fulfill the invitation to the trial, it will be detrimental to himself.

"It's not only Vidi who didn't attend, but there were also no legal counsel present today, so we don't know, will Vidi be present alone or represented by his attorney," said Minola.

Karena ini kan mekanisme persidangan dan diberikan kesempatan tiga kali. Kalau itu tidak dimanfaatkan, maka tentu yang merugikan adalah terjelas sendiri. Karena tetap akan ada keputusan yang diambil oleh pengadilan. Ketika paniteranya dianggap sudah layak dan layak, tiga hadir tiga kali, maka akan ada keputusan secara verstek, lanjutnya.

Meanwhile, Keenan and Rudi's lawsuit against Vidi relates to the absence of a permit in the use of a work entitled Nuansa Bening.

Minola said that the 'Nuansa Bening' written by her two clients was a popular song. However, problems arose after Vidi debuted through the rearrangement of the song.

After 2008, Vidi recorded the song, then distributed it via VCD and cassettes. This is then a lot of exploitation, in accordance with the new, digital technology, which has never been promised and given permission," said Minola.

"What we are concerned about is that Vidi has used the song commercially at many concerts, from 2008 to 2020," he added. If according to the management who met our client, based on the information provided by our client, maybe more than 300 live performances, where the song Nuansa Bening was sung but there was never a name, it was a request for permission from the creator. There is also none, other things that Vidi did to his creator.