TINJAUAN YURIDIS TERHADAP LAGU YANG DINYANYIKAN ULANG (COVER) UNTUK KEPENTINGAN KOMERSIAL BERDASARKAN UNDANG-UNDANG NOMOR 28 TAHUN 2014 TENTANG HAK CIPTA

Abstract

Covers or re-singing of songs and/or music are currently attracting the
public, especially internet users and visitors to entertainment venues such as malls,
cafes, bars, and etc. Clause 9 paragraph (1) of Law Number 28 of 2014 concerning
Copyright states that the creator or Copyright holders have eonomic rights to his
creation. Clause 3 Paragraph (5) of Law Number 28 of 2014 regarding Copyright
states that Everyone who exercises economic rights in Clause 9 paragraph (1) of
the Copyright Law is obliged to obtain permission from the Creator or Copyright
Holder. Everyone can make commercial use in the show without permit to creator
by paying rewards to author through the Collective Management Institute. So in the
implementation of the cover or Re-singing, the song and/or music have to match
with Law Number 28 of 2014 about Copyright.
This kind of research can be classified as normative juridical research,
because this research is carried out by research secondary data and approaches to
laws,This normative research study the principle of law. The data sources used are
primary data, secondary data, tertiary data. Technical data collection in this
research is normative juridical, the data used is literature study.
The result of the research conducted by the author was case of re-singing
or covering songs and/or music that has commercial value without permission from
the Creator or Copyright Holder is an act that is contra to law, as for the legal
consequences of re-singing or covering songs and/or music without this permission
is a violation of the economic rights of Creator or Copyright Owner, and disputes
can be carried out in the Commercial Court.
Keywords: Song, Covers, Copyright, Commercial