Awang Long Law Review
Vol. 8 No. 4 (2026): Awang Long Law Review

LEGAL POLICY ON THE ECONOMIC RIGHTS OF SONGRITERS IN ROYALTY DISPUTES IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY

Aprianto Ihwan (Universitas Muhammadiyah Bima)
Erham (Faculty of Law, Universitas Muhammadiyah Bima, Kota Bima, Indonesia)
Ilham (Faculty of Law, Universitas Muhammadiyah Bima, Kota Bima, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
08 Jul 2026

Abstract

These research examines the inconsistency between legal rules and their application in practice the management within the song royalties on Indonesia. The findings of this study indicate that, normatively, safeguarding of creators' economic rights has been regulated in Copyright Law Number 28 of 2014 and Government Regulation Number 56 of 2021 on the Management of Song and/or Music Royalties and Regulation about the Minister of Ministerial Regulation of Law and Human Rights Number 9 of 2022, through a royalty management mechanism by Collective rights management organizations and the national collective management authority. However, in practice, that implementation of these regulations has not been optimal due to a lack of transparency, weak supervision, and low compliance by music users in paying royalties. Therefore, greater oversight is needed, increase transparency,enforce the verdict more strictly so that ensuring economic rights for songwriters can be carried out effectively.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

awl

Publisher

Subject

Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice

Description

Awang Long Law Review known as the ALLRev launched on November 1, 2018 and inaugurated formally by Chairman of the Awang Long School of Law. Besides "The Juris" Journal of Legal Sciences, Awang Long Law Review (ALLRev) is the official journal of the Awang Long School of Law published biannually (May ...