Complete Chronology of Vidi Aldiano Sued by Keenan Nasution, Creator of the Song 'Nuansa Bening', Apparently Started from an Advertisement

"Well, but when the company found out, it was because the company happened to have someone who had a close relationship with his family and Keenan, his child, this is a song created by my friend's dad," he said.

After realizing that the song was created by Keenan and Rudi Pekerti, the company encouraged an official licensing process. Keenan was surprised when the management team came directly bringing money worth Rp50 million. 

"So he really said, you need to have someone request permission. Well, that’s what underlies why eventually the management came, bringing that 50 million. Bang Keenan said, why is this? Suddenly they came bringing 50 million, right?" he said.

Keenan emphasized that he never asked for money for the use of the song. He just wants to know how his song has been used all this time, especially since Vidi started singing it regularly.

"We didn't ask for it, we don't want to miss. Yeah, because of this brother, who doesn't know that year. So, as this brother said, in 2008 Vidi was still nothing," he said.

He feels that the song was already known before it was performed by Vidi. According to Keenan, the use of the song should be accompanied by an official report on its utilization.

"It's not that someone then uses this brother's song, and then this brother's song is the other way around," he explained.

What Keenan wants is not money, but clarity regarding his intellectual property rights. He feels it is reasonable as a songwriter to question how and to what extent his work is being used.

"So brother Keenan said, I’m not asking for money, I just want to know, for the past 16 years, what have you used my song for? Why is there no report? It’s reasonable for someone who has intellectual property to question where it is used," Minola stated.

Vidi's management finally provided data on the use of the song. The report stated that "Nuansa Bening" has been performed 308 times in various shows since 2008.

"Yes, then the management came to provide information, if for example Mr. Kenan and Mr. Rudi, provided information that since 2008 until 2024, for instance, that song has been used, Vidi has been performed 308 times," explained Minola.

However, in the official lawsuit filed at the Central Jakarta Commercial Court, only 31 performances were included in the case file. This means that only about 10 percent of the total use of the song is used as the basis for the lawsuit.

"Outside of the fish, yes, 308 performances. Commercial, how do we know that? Because when this brother says, I don't want to see the money, I want to know the report, that is the report. Now, in our activities, we only list 31 out of 308, meaning we only use 10% of the total song used over those 16 years," he concluded.