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JAKARTA - Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno stated that the Porta Finance program is a solution to improve the economy and protect musicians' copyright.

This was conveyed while attending a talk show with the theme 'Digitalization of Music' at the Ciputra University Auditorium, Makassar City, South Sulawesi.

Sandiaga said, to protect the work of Indonesian musicians, the government would publish a program, namely Porta feasibility. Porta target is a royalty calculation platform for musicians.

"We will issue a program called Porta fire and this is music work to eradicate piracy," said Sandiaga in a press statement received on Sunday, September 11.

According to Sandiaga, the government will provide incentives or stimulus through the Intellectual Property Rights (HKI) registration facility for free, and additional assistance.

On that occasion, Sandiaga also spoke directly with Juang Manyala, CEO of Pmancar.com.

He has created a platform that becomes a forum for musicians' economic transactions.

"I conveyed it to the Ministry and Minister Sandiaga Uno regarding how Makassar is shifting digital era. So musicians make digital projects and then sell them on pmancar.com so that there are economic transactions by musicians there," said Juang.

Meanwhile, the Makassar music digitalization talk show participant, Eti, said that this activity was important for millennials and generation z (Gen Z).

Moreover, Sandiaga's encouragement can make musicians to improve the economy.

"Young people can channel their hobbies as musicians. So it's very good for us to be able to create jobs and can improve in terms of income," said Eti.

Furthermore, Eti assessed that Sandiaga's presence was proof of the form of partisanship and paying attention to the people's economy. So he believes that Sandiaga should run as a presidential candidate in 2024.

"Because Mr. Sandiaga Uno pays attention to the people's economy, especially for the younger generation, or millennials. Hopefully Mr. Sandiaga Uno can become President," he said.


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