The Fulfillment of Economic Rights in Spotify: a Scoping Comparative Review Between the United States and Indonesia
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: People no longer enjoy music through CDs, VCDs, and the like. People prefer to enjoy music through digital streaming platforms such as Spotify, making it easy for them to enjoy all the songs available, anytime and anywhere. However, this technological advancement does not necessarily protect creators’ and copyright holders’ rights to royalties. Therefore, the law must evolve to protectcreators and copyright holders. In researching this matter, the authors compare the economic rights of creators and copyright holders in America and Indonesia through royalties and entities that manage royalties. The authors found that though music is protected under copyrights in both countries.Indonesia has a National Collective Management Institute, and America has a Mechanical Licensing Collective to collect royalties.However,the National Institute of Collective Management is not legally authorizedto collect royalties from streaming platforms,andregulations in Indonesia do not determine limits for calculating the amount of royalties that creators and copyright holders can obtain. Thus, the Indonesian government must create new derivative regulations to ensure that every creator and copyright holder receives legal protection to enjoy their economic rights fully.
Authors: Adnan Kelana Haryanto & Hermanto, Cloudio Hitipeuw, Fajar Sugianto, Universitas Pelita Harapan
Institution: Pelita Harapan University
Language: English
Topic: Intellectual Property Law
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4410117070