The fact of Overseas Music and Piracy

Overseas music is a musical category encompassing many different styles of music from around the world (outside Indonesia) including traditional music, quasi-traditional music, and music where more than one cultural tradition intermingle. Music piracy is the copying and distributing of copies of a piece of music for which the composer, recording artist, or copyright-holding record company did not give consent. It is a form of copyright infringement, which is a crime in many countries.

In the eyes of foreign music musicians Indonesia

Many Indonesian musicians were inspired by foreign bands starting from appearance and tone composition. Especially in the inspirational tone compositions, not just one or two Indonesian musicians inspired music of foreign As some foreign musicians who inspire how musicians Indonesia, for example: 1.The Beatles 2.Elvis Presley 3.The Rolling Stone 4. Jim Morrison 5. Chuck Berry

Why do Indonesian interest in foreign music?

Because foreign music has: Expressive lyrics Various themes Various genres Unique melodies The other reason When music listeners start to enjoy foreign music, the other will follow them in order to look up to date Indonesian music quality is decreasing, the musician looks like just chasing the money but they dont give their best on music for their fans and listeners

Indonesian music piracy

Music piracy is the copying and distributing of copies of a piece of music for which the composer, recording artist, or copyright-holding record company did not give consent. Public economic problem become the factor of piracy Poor people want to enjoy the newest music with low price, the easiest way is buy pirated CDs or DVDs.

The commitment and seriousness of law enforcement to against piracy is getting unconcern nowadays.

Overseas music piracy

1. Genre music piracy 2. Lyric music piracy

Music genre piracy claim other genre music as owner or exploit it for benefit ex: k-pop and i-pop Lyric music piracy copy partly lyric about 70% or all for benefit ex : single Brand New Day from Cheribelle and song from Ken Hirai

License state / foreign licenses

Foreign Affairs or Foreign License Licenses are granted a license by the songwriter or music publisher to a company in a country Agency to represent them in collecting royalties for the use of his songs performed by the user-user in the country and even around the world.

Example case
For example, many music publishers who use The Harry Fox Agency in the United States, to negotiate licenses for the management of Performing Rights and the other with a Collecting Society in the whole world.

Negative impact Indonesian music does not show its character

Creativity in music doesnt increasing A lot of the Indonesian music style is not original

Possitive impact
We can enjoy music not only local music but also foreign music by low cost We can learn english pronounciation with an interesting method We can know the music update in the world

Conclusion
1. The development of overseas music gives many impacts to Indonesian music 2. A lot of music piracy from Indonesian people makes our creativity decreased 3. Our music should make more creativity and dont try to plagiasm any kinds of music around the world