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Ikke Nurjanah Rejects Royalty of Rp 25 Million for ARDI, Requests Transparency from LMKN

Ikke Nurjanah Rejects Royalty of Rp 25 Million for ARDI, Requests Transparency from LMKN

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Ikke Nurjanah Rejects Royalty of Rp 25 Million for ARDI, Requests Transparency from LMKN

Senior dangdut singer Ikke Nurjanah, who currently serves as the Chairperson of the Indonesian Dangdut Royalty Award (ARDI), speaks out about the controversy surrounding royalty distribution from the National Collective Management Institution (LMKN). She firmly questions the clarity of the royalty figure of Rp 25 million that has drawn attention.

This issue has arisen amid criticism from several music industry players regarding transparency and the royalty distribution system. Ikke stated that, to date, her side has not received a detailed explanation regarding the basis for calculating that figure.

In her statement, Ikke emphasized that ARDI does not simply accept the offered amount. She believes that transparency is a primary requirement before the royalty can be accepted by her side.

According to Ikke, this situation puts ARDI in a difficult position, especially when having to explain to its members regarding the distribution of royalties received.

"Because all this time, if we tell our members the formula is like this, the method is like this, the percentage is from this, you will get this much. Now that is what we cannot explain, LMKN has to explain it to the members," said Ikke.

She hopes that in the future, LMKN can be more open and involve the LMK in the decision-making process. For Ikke, transparency and two-way communication are key to preventing the royalty controversy from continuing.

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"Okay, regarding the 25, we are rejecting it... We will accept it if there is transparency regarding the basis for this 25, based on the usage data and the proxies that we have. So, what are the proxies? What is the usage data? And how is it calculated?" emphasized Ikke when met in the Depok area, Tuesday (7/4).

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According to Ikke, the lack of clarity makes it difficult for them to understand the distribution scheme being used. He even cited the complexity of royalty distribution for a song that involves many parties.

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"Because as far as we know, in that calculation, we are very concerned about the song Terlena which has three singers, and the musicians are different. How am I supposed to handle this? Where does this come from? Please let us know," said Ikke.

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Furthermore, Ikke explained that his party has officially submitted a rejection letter to LMKN. The rejection is based on the lack of transparency regarding the scheme and the basis for calculating royalties. "So we sent a letter directly, we reject it if there is no transparency about how the scheme works and all that," explained Ikke.

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He also mentioned the option of making that amount a down payment or advance. However, until now, according to him, there has been no further clarity regarding the mechanism.

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"Well, this hasn't been answered yet about making it an advance. Then yesterday they said to open the claim on the website, we tried to open it to know how much it increases from 25. But we couldn't, because according to him, we can only claim and later they will calculate it last," he said.

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Ikke assesses that the communication established with LMKN tends to be one-sided. He claims to have made efforts to open a dialogue, but did not receive adequate responses. "So that's it, there hasn't been a final word yet. Because the scheme later will have something from LMKN like this, Miss, like this, Miss, but we are not informed about it," he said.