THE CONCEPT OF BALANCED JUSTICE ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF MUSIC ROYALTY
Cucu Solihah and Hilman Nur

Faculty of Law, Suryakancana University

Abstract

Nowadays, musical work is an artwork providing benefits and high business value. The public enjoys and loves it as an artwork. The role of songwriters and singers determines the success and valuable song works loved by the public. It is a marketable factor and has high economic value. In some cases, the situation makes the relationship between songwriters and singers raises problems. Even some songwriters prohibit particular singers from performing their songs. Both of them claim the rights to the songs based on law. Based on the abovementioned reasons, this study reviewed some aspects of the balanced justice value, so it is expected to be one of the solutions for the conflicts of interest between the songwriters and the singers. This study applied normative juridical research as the research method. It was conducted by illustrating the applicable regulations and some legal theories from secondary data sources.

Keywords: songs, songwriters, singers, balanced justice.

Topic: Law on Business, Business Competition, and Prohibition of Monopoly