Bimbo sue recording firm
Bimbo sue recording firm
JAKARTA (JP): The South Jakarta District Court heard on
Tuesday a lawsuit filed by members of the Indonesian pop music
band Bimbo, who are demanding a recording company pay Rp 42
billion (US$5.18 million) for illegally recording and selling
their songs.
Lawyer Mohamad Assegaf said his clients, Syamsudin D.H.,
Darmawan H., Djaka H. and Iin Parlina, the members of one of
Indonesia's most popular veteran bands, wanted compensation from
PT Remaco Ltd. and its president Eugene Timothy for allegedly
illegally recording and selling the songs without paying
royalties to the music group since 1979.
"The firm has illegally recorded and sold at least 73 albums
of the group since that time," Assegaf told the court.
The royalties, he said, have amounted to some Rp 7.3 billion,
the lawyer said during the hearing. It was attended by one of
the plaintiffs, Syamsudin, who is popularly known as Syam Bimbo.
All of the band members are from one family.
According to Assegaf, the Rp 42 billion compensation would
also include the interest rate of unpaid royalties, which is
estimated at Rp 24 billion, and immaterial losses of Rp 10
billion.
The company, he said, had cooperated with Bimbo between 1973
and 1978 in recording and selling cassettes containing the
group's songs.
In 1976 an agreement was signed between the plaintiffs and the
defendants for Remaco to pay royalties worth Rp 100 for every
cassette sold, he said.
Since that year, the firm has managed to sell an average of
100,000 copies of each album of the group and willingly paid
royalties.
But Remaco stopped the payments three years later even though
it continued to produce and sell their cassettes.
Assegaf said the firm also produced, sold and exported compact
discs of their releases.
The plaintiffs also asked the court to order the defendants to
return masters of their recording, he said.
Judge J.M.T. Simatupang adjourned the trial until next week to
hear a response statement from the defendants' lawyers. (jun)
JAKARTA (JP): The South Jakarta District Court heard on
Tuesday a lawsuit filed by members of the Indonesian pop music
band Bimbo, who are demanding a recording company pay Rp 42
billion (US$5.18 million) for illegally recording and selling
their songs.
Lawyer Mohamad Assegaf said his clients, Syamsudin D.H.,
Darmawan H., Djaka H. and Iin Parlina, the members of one of
Indonesia's most popular veteran bands, wanted compensation from
PT Remaco Ltd. and its president Eugene Timothy for allegedly
illegally recording and selling the songs without paying
royalties to the music group since 1979.
"The firm has illegally recorded and sold at least 73 albums
of the group since that time," Assegaf told the court.
The royalties, he said, have amounted to some Rp 7.3 billion,
the lawyer said during the hearing. It was attended by one of
the plaintiffs, Syamsudin, who is popularly known as Syam Bimbo.
All of the band members are from one family.
According to Assegaf, the Rp 42 billion compensation would
also include the interest rate of unpaid royalties, which is
estimated at Rp 24 billion, and immaterial losses of Rp 10
billion.
The company, he said, had cooperated with Bimbo between 1973
and 1978 in recording and selling cassettes containing the
group's songs.
In 1976 an agreement was signed between the plaintiffs and the
defendants for Remaco to pay royalties worth Rp 100 for every
cassette sold, he said.
Since that year, the firm has managed to sell an average of
100,000 copies of each album of the group and willingly paid
royalties.
But Remaco stopped the payments three years later even though
it continued to produce and sell their cassettes.
Assegaf said the firm also produced, sold and exported compact
discs of their releases.
The plaintiffs also asked the court to order the defendants to
return masters of their recording, he said.
Judge J.M.T. Simatupang adjourned the trial until next week to
hear a response statement from the defendants' lawyers. (jun)