Melly Goeslaw urges copyright violations to become ordinary offenses
The proposal comes during revisions to the Copyright Bill, as AI piracy and digital platforms have hurt creators.
DPR RI Commission X member and musician Melly Goeslaw is urging that enforcement of copyright violations be changed from a complaint-based offense to an ordinary offense in revisions to the Copyright Bill. At an FGD at the Directorate General of Intellectual Property office of the Ministry of Law in Jakarta on Monday, Melly said protection for creators should not continue to depend on victims having the courage to file reports. She said digital piracy has now become a organized illegal industry, including through AI technology. Melly cited the song “Apa Artinya Cinta?” that she sang with Ari Lasso as circulating in an AI version on digital platforms with the creator credit changed to someone else. According to her, one work whose creator credit was shifted had been played as many as 4 million times, but the royalties did not go to the original creator.