Music Royalty Scheme Expanded, How Will It Affect?

President Joko Widodo issued a regulation requiring song or music users to pay royalties to their creators, as stipulated in Government Regulation No. 56/2021 on the Management of Royalties for Song and/or Music Copyright signed on March 30, 2021.

"Everyone can make commercial use of songs and/or music in commercial public services by paying royalties to the creators, copyright holders and/or rights owners," as written in Article 3 Paragraph 1 of the said regulation.

The followings are types of businesses that are required to pay royalties for music or songs, as stated in the regulation:

1. Seminars and commercial conferences.
2. Restaurants, cafes, pubs, bars, bistros, nightclubs, and discotheques.
3. Music concerts.
4. Aircraft, buses, trains, and ships.
5. Exhibition and bazaar.
6. Cinema.
7. Call waiting tone.
8. Banks and offices.
9. Shops.
10. Recreation center.
11. Television broadcasting.
12. Radio broadcasting.
13. Hotels, hotel rooms, and hotel facilities.
14. Karaoke business.