LEGALITAS COVER SONG YANG DIUNGGAH KE AKUN YOUTUBE

Abstract

Currently, in Indonesian community, especially among the millennial, YouTube is very popular. Through this media, they make various videos, one of which is song covers. In the video they sang the song in several versions for instances an original way like the original singer, there was also an arrangement of the music, and those who sang in their respective voice colors. The purpose of this research is to study, first, whether the re-arrangement of song includes infringement of the copyright and how is the legal protection for the original owner of the cover song uploaded to YouTube. The method used in this research is normative research, using literature research that refers to the legal norms contained in legislation. The results of the study found that it is necessary to distinguish between cover songs and arrangements. Cover songs through rearrangement of songs does not include copyright infringement while cover songs without arrangement can be done as long as it has a license and royalty payment, otherwise the song cover is a violation of the law. Keywords: Copyrights; Cover; Music; YouTube