Nowadays, technological advancement has many benefits and has given rapid changes to society. Regulations regarding the management of copyright royalties for songs in commercial places are an important aspect in the protection of intellectual property rights, especially for creators and copyright holders. Constitution number 28 of 2014 concerning Copyright regulates its implementation including the mechanism for collecting and distributing royalties by the National Collective Management Institution (LMKN). The Indonesian government has set regulations that require commercial places such as cafes, restaurants, hotels, etc. to pay royalties for the use of songs that are public. This article examines the legal aspects of the obligation to pay royalties by commercial business actors, an analysis of the effectiveness of the implementation and low legal regulations, related to legal problems that arise in practice such as weak supervision and low legal awareness. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the legal basis, especially the context of the use of songs by business actors in commercial places, to identify legal problems that exist in practice such as copyright infringement due to non-compliance with royalty payments. The research method used is normative juridical, such as laws, regulations and literature that are theoretically conceptual. The conclusion is although it has been regulated in Law No. 28 of 2014 and PP No. 56 of 2021, the implementation of royalty management in commercial places has not been running optimally. Many business actors do not know or are not yet aware of the obligation to pay royalties, so that legal certainty for creators has not been fully achieved.
Ali et al. (Wed,) studied this question.