MusicYes Publishing Acquires the Entire Catalog of Dangdut-Campursari Songwriter Arya Satria

Kapanlagi.com - MusicYes Publishing, which is one of the branches of MusicYes Digital Distribution, a company founded by Riccardo Mazzoni, an Italian national who has long lived in Indonesia. Riccardo Mazzoni also serves as CEO of the company he founded.

Strategically, MusicYes has just obtained a license for the entire catalog of songs written by Arya Satria, whose name is widely known as one of the creators of Javanese dangdut-campursari songs that have produced hundreds of works, many of which have become hits.

"Following our international success in the field of publishing and the success that has been well-known in digital music distribution activities in Indonesia since 2016, I am now opening up publishing or publishing management for all songwriters in Indonesia," said Riccardo.

Meanwhile, Arya Satria expressed his support and trust in the CEO. "I believe in Riccardo, whom I have known for quite some time since 2015, and he has been managing all of my songs and my official YouTube channel since 2016, and Alhamdulillah, I have just renewed my contract with MusicYes digital distribution for the next 5 years," said Arya Satria.

1. Transparent Report and Agreement Compliance

Credit: YouTube/Arya Satria Official

"I was very happy when he said he would open publishing management to songwriters in Indonesia, so I immediately moved all my songs' publishers from the previous one to MusicYes Publishing, because I am quite sure that MusicYes is a well-known international company and will ensure to protect my rights," said Arya.

"The report presented is also very good and transparent, including the payment which is quite smooth according to the agreement, my songs such as Ditinggal Pas Sayang Sayange, Wes Oleh Ganti and Tembang Tresno I am sure are in the right and safe hands," he added.

2. Riccardo Mentioned Songwriters' Issues

Credit: YouTube/Arya Satria Official

When asked about the issues faced by songwriters regarding Publishing rights, especially on digital platforms, Riccardo explained several things such as lack of transparency in reporting to songwriters.

Riccardo also sees a big phenomenon of sub-licensing song catalogs, where sound recording profits are shared between certain parts using sub-agents, who do not clearly state who they are and what they actually do, but list the songs of the songwriters and explicitly provide them. The songwriters are allegedly not given a report on this and therefore do not specifically authorize and allegedly the songwriters do not get commercial rights to their works.

3. Komitmen MusicYes Publishing

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So that there are a number of videos and songs that use the intellectual property of a songwriter but they do not have copyright or licenses that can be proven from the actual owner of the rights. This can cause problems that ultimately must be avoided, because it clearly harms the songwriters.

"My digital publishing rights management currently covers 249 territories from Mechanical, Synchronization, Performance, and Printing rights, so I am very welcome to discuss with all songwriters and encourage them to consider joining MusicYes Publishing and of course we will manage their work as best as possible," concluded Riccardo.

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