Suing Atta Halilintar's Parents, Nagaswara Claims Losses in the Billions

Kapanlagi.com - PT Nagaswara Publisherindo Musik, filed a civil lawsuit for alleged copyright infringement of the song Lagi Syantik. They sued the parents of YouTuber Atta Halilintar, Halilintar Anofial Asmid and Lenggogeni Umar Faruk to the Central Jakarta District Court.

According to Nagaswara's legal representative, Yos Mulyadi, the issue began when the Gen Halilintar YouTube account aired a video showing the Halilintar family singing a song by Siti Badriah, Lagi Syantik without their permission. Legal action was taken because the two parties could not reach an agreement during mediation.

"It's a copyright infringement, I am Nagaswara's legal representative, we filed a copyright lawsuit against the Gen Halilintar family. The case is about the video of the song Lagi Syantik which was produced by the Halilintar party, it was uploaded to the YouTube account but when we first spoke, it had been taken down but the pre-uploaded ones are still widely available on YouTube. In short, the issue has not been resolved and we have met several times to discuss it. But there is no agreement yet, that's why we filed a lawsuit for legal certainty," said Yos Mulyadi at the Central Jakarta District Court on Wednesday (29/1).

1. Losses in the Billions

Gen Halilintar

Nagaswara claims to have suffered losses in the billions of rupiah due to alleged copyright infringement committed by the defendants Halilintar Anofial Asmid and Lenggogeni Umar Faruk. However, they are not willing to disclose the exact amount.

"If it goes to court, we will mention the material and immaterial losses. But as for the exact amount, we will reveal it during the trial. It's around that figure (billions)," explained Yos Mulyadi.

2. Never Attend a Hearing

The first hearing is scheduled to be held on Wednesday (29/1). Previously, the defendant had twice been absent from the hearing.

"The agenda is still the first hearing, but it's actually the third summons. The first summons stated that the address had moved, the second summons, we requested to be summoned to the new address which had been declared moved. That's why for the third summons, we requested it through mass media, newspapers," said Yos.

(kpl/dan/sry)