After a casual coffee talk with musicians here on Thursday, Zon expressed the need for a regulation that can ensure musicians' rights.
"We talked a lot about copyrights and royalties. We are concerned about them especially in the digital era, as Indonesia is ranked second after Nigeria for (media content piracy)," he informed.
He said that in addition to a low bargaining position, musicians whose works are pirated also do not get any royalties, therefore the government needs to help them.
Therefore, he assured that the government will strive to improve regulations to protect musicians and strengthen law enforcement on copyright infringement issues so that musicians can have their rights fulfilled and not be taken advantage of by greedy digital platforms.
The government will also be present and assist in negotiations on royalty bargaining between musicians and digital music platform managers. Zon said that the state will also devise a regulation to better protect copyrights and support a healthy music industry ecosystem.
Advisor to the President for creative economic affairs and well-known musician, Yovie Widianto, said that the issue related to copyright regulations and royalties remains a challenge for the music industry.
He put a spotlight on the importance of transparency in the royalty payment system to address the income inequality among artists and improve the welfare of creative industry players.
The Ministry of Culture is planning to review all regulations related to culture starting next year, with the purpose of simplifying all the regulations into one single law.
It will seek to combine the many rules on culture into a simpler, more structured, and integrated legal framework called the Omnibus Law on Culture.
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