Muhammad Humarul Faruk, Prof. Dr. H. Zainal Asikin, Dr. Eduardus Bayo Sili

Abstract:

There are still many social media users like YouTube in the video with music content or a recycled version (cover) not licensed by the creator, thus harming the creator of his economic rights. This study aims to determine the protection of copyright to the creator of the song version of recycle (cover) on social media YouTube for commercial purposes. The theory used is the theory of legal protection. Music track recycling activities on social media such as YouTube can be said to infringe copyright if in the use of economic rights of the creator, the song covering agent is not licensed by the creator. The YouTube Content ID program prevents the illegal use of copyrights by YouTube users, as the implemented system is able to identify video content related to the use of material from the copyright owner. Then the copyright owner will take action in the form of granting the use permit or not. The permission granted by the creator through the Content ID program may be regarded as a license, even though the agreement is not made conventionally but made with an electronic contract. On the other hand, the sales of cover tracks on digital store platforms such as iTunes and spotify, it takes a license from the Collective Management Institution in order to protect the song copyright used in digital media can be implemented in full.

Keywords: copyright license, recycles version, YouTube

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