Portrait of Vidi Aldiano Sued for Rp 24.5 Billion, Keenan Nasution Requests House as Collateral

"If the issue of the house is common in a lawsuit, when it is decided that he must pay compensation, and we ask for collateral, when he has no ties and then he doesn't pay our decision, it means nothing," said Minola Sebayang, the legal counsel for Keenan Nasution in the Fatmawati area, South Jakarta on Tuesday (3/6/2025).

This step, according to Minola, aims to ensure that the results of the legal process can be executed if the lawsuit is granted. He stated that this decision is important for legal certainty.

"So we ask to ensure the defendant guarantees payment if the Commercial Court grants our request so that the decision is executable and not non-executable," he said.

The lawsuit by Keenan Nasution against Vidi Aldiano originated from an alleged copyright infringement of the song 'Nuansa Bening' that he created. The song has been commercially performed by Vidi since 2008 without permission from Keenan. Minola emphasized that the figure of Rp 24.5 billion proposed is not based on arbitrary calculations. He stated that this amount has a strong legal basis.

"That figure is not a number that fell from the sky, not a number that we just casually talked about 'let's just make it this much', but that figure is regulated by law," explained Minola.

"So this is not a royalty, but this is a consequence, for the actions of someone who performs the creator's song commercially without permission," he said.

The amount of Rp 24.5 billion is said by Minola to be based on the calculation of Vidi Aldiano's commercial performances. "The song has been used by Vidi for 308 commercial performances, excluding advertisements, and now in our lawsuit, we only include 31 performances. This means only 10 percent of his total performances over the past 16 years," he concluded.