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Arbitrarily Charging of Royalties for Songwriters

Monday, April 7, 2025

Composers and singers are raising concerns about the royalties they receive for their songs. Many are refusing to pay for the songs they use commercially.

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Singers and songwriters Armand Maulana (right), Bunga Citra Lestari, and Ariel Noah (left) hold a press conference in Jakarta, March 19, 2025. A total of 29 singers and songwriters of Gerakan Satu Visi (One Vision Movement) have officially submitted a judicial review of five articles of Copyright Law No. 28/2014 to the Constitutional Court to seek legal certainty for the Indonesian music ecosystem. Antara/Dhemas Reviyanto. tempo : 174569051436.

FOR the past three months, Tubagus Armand Maulana has been troubled. The lead vocalist of the music group GIGI is worried about the emergence of a direct license scheme, a royalty payment system advocated by several composers. Under this scheme, songwriters can determine the amount of royalties that must be paid by anyone using their work, including singers.

According to Armand, until now, singers have rarely dealt with royalty payments for

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Francisca Christy Rosana contributed to the writing of this article.

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