JAKARTA - The Association of Composers of All Indonesia (AKSI) conveyed three points that became resolutions at the National Congress of Composers of All Indonesia which was held at the Ministry of Culture, Central Jakarta on Wednesday, March 4.
At the first point, AKSI declares the sovereignty of songwriters, where exclusive rights are the personal sovereignty of the creator over his or her creation, which also becomes the private property of the creator.
Then, in the second point, the association led by Piyu Padi Reborn asked for the return of the Copyright Law mandate.
In this case, they emphasized, the authority of the Collective Management Institution (LMK), including LMKN, is sourced and limited by the Copyright Law, and should not negate, take over, or limit the exclusive rights of creators to grant permission, determine use, and obtain direct economic benefits from their works.
Furthermore, in the third point, AKSI requested the establishment of the Music Performance LMK, where this institution is specifically for managing royalties from music performances.
For the last point, AKSI still adheres to their initial principle, that any commercial use of a work in a public musical performance must be based on: direct permission from the creator; or a license through a special LMK for the field of musical performance that has an explicit mandate from the creator.
The LMK Music Performance serves as an extension of the creator's mandate, not as a rights holder, and cannot act without the creator's authority or consent.
Ahmad Dhani as the AKSI Board of Trustees said, the points that have been announced are a joint agreement, including by two senior musicians who have just joined, Indra Lesmana and Fariz RM.
"The most important thing is that the song is the property of the songwriter. The property should not be taken arbitrarily. The property should not be controlled or transferred arbitrarily. It can't. Even the state can't take power over the copyright of a song from the songwriter," said Dhani, met after the National Congress.
In addition, said Dhani, his party believes that the revision of the Copyright Law, which is currently still in the process of the Legislation Agency (Baleg) of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia, has not fully protected the rights of songwriters fairly.
"We see several draft laws that are even worse than the previous law," he said. "So we have to really take care of it, we have to really fight so that the rights of these creators are really accommodated."
"We will bring this information to the DPR. And this information has also been understood by the Minister of Culture (Fadli Zon), later we may go to the Ministry of Law and the Ministry of Industry, so that there is a mutual agreement on copyright," concluded Dhani.
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