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        "msgid": "music-royalty-evaders-get-stern-warning-1447893297",
        "date": "1994-08-13 00:00:00",
        "title": "Music royalty evaders get stern warning",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Music royalty evaders get stern warning JAKARTA (JP): Police warned music royalty evaders to pay what they owe yesterday or face tough punishment. \"Thus far, we prefer to resort to persuasive measures because we think stricter measures are not yet suitable. There are just too many people who remain poorly informed about the copyright law. We think what we are doing is enough for now. We will be assertive but not forceful for the time being,\" Lt. Col.",
        "content": "<p>Music royalty evaders get stern warning<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): Police warned music royalty evaders to pay what<br>\nthey owe yesterday or face tough punishment.<\/p>\n<p>\"Thus far, we prefer to resort to persuasive measures because<br>\nwe think stricter measures are not yet suitable. There are just<br>\ntoo many people who remain poorly informed about the copyright<br>\nlaw. We think what we are doing is enough for now. We will be<br>\nassertive but not forceful for the time being,\" Lt. Col. Aryanto<br>\nSetiadi, chief of the Economic Investigative Office at city<br>\npolice headquarters, told The Jakarta Post and Kompas yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Aryanto said police recently summoned the owners of 10<br>\nentertainment businesses for questioning following reports from<br>\nthe Indonesian Creative Works Foundation that they had not paid<br>\nthe necessary royalties for music they were using.<\/p>\n<p>The foundation, which was founded in 1990, is the sole agency<br>\nauthorized by the authorities to collect music royalties on<br>\nbehalf of songwriters.<\/p>\n<p>Aryanto said the pressure exerted by the police during<br>\nquestioning had motivated the majority of the 10 entertainment<br>\nbusinesses to promise to pay royalties and that negotiations on<br>\nthe amounts were now taking place.<\/p>\n<p>\"But, there is one entertainment business owner who never<br>\nshows up no matter how many times we summon him. We think it is<br>\ntime that person came to understand that we are not reluctant to<br>\nconfiscate musical instruments or other equipment,\" Aryanto said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the identified entertainment business is the \"Monggo<br>\nMas\" pub on Jl. Gajah Mada, West Jakarta.<\/p>\n<p>As for the businesses which are now willing to pay the<br>\nroyalty after being pressed by police, Aryanto said under the law<br>\nthe police should have continued the legal process until the<br>\nowners were prosecuted.<\/p>\n<p>\"However, we think our main target in this case is to simply<br>\nsee that the royalties due are paid.\"<\/p>\n<p>The foundation holds rights over 19,000 local songs and around<br>\none million foreign songs.<\/p>\n<p>The royalties on foreign songs are to be paid to the composers<br>\nvia similar organizations abroad. These groups in turn pay<br>\nroyalties owed on Indonesian songs through the foundation. (jsk)<\/p>",
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