Artist wins copyright case

Artist wins copyright case

JAKARTA (JP): South Jakarta District Court ordered three
recording companies here on Tuesday to pay Rp 16 million for
infringing copyright by selling recordings of an artist's song
without her permission.

The court also ordered PT Aufikomunikasi Mediopro, PT
Blackboard Indonesia and PT Universal Music Indonesia to issue a
public apology to Roweina Sahertian, the artist, in a national
newspaper as well as to order a halt to the recording,
utilization and distribution of the song titled Rasa Hati.

However, the court, which was presided over by judge Djirin Y.
Roesmono, rejected Roweina's request for material damages of some
Rp 372.3 million and nonmaterial damages of Rp 500 million from
the companies.

Roweina, who appears in the soap opera Elegi Dua Cinta, had
signed a contractual agreement with PT Aufikomunikasi on April
22, 1999, to star in the daytime drama.

But in addition to acting in the show, PT Aufikomunikasi
assigned her to sing a song which later became its soundtrack.
The song was recorded by PT Blackboard.

Roweina voiced her satisfaction over the verdict after the
session. "Hopefully, there won't be another case like this:
supervisors violating their subordinates," she told detik.com,
referring to the relationship between producers and artists. (04)