Legal Protection Against Song Covers in Snack Video Applications Judging from Law Number 28 of 2014 concerning Copyrights

Abstract

The emergence of copyright infringement in various forms and types, both in quantity and quality, one of which is the work of art in the field of music is an attitude of disrespecting the work of others. The proliferation of song multiplication in Indonesia has caused a lot of pressure from developed countries to the Indonesian government to try harder to enforce the law in the field of intellectual property. The problem in this writing is related to the form of violation of the song cover on the Snack Video application and the form of legal protection against the cover song on the Snack Video application. This research uses normative juridical research, which examines the laws and regulations related to the subject matter. experts, legal cases, mass media, internet social media, and legal journals. The results showed the form of violation of the cover song on the Snack Video application, namely multiplication. The form of legal protection is carried out by means of prevention (preventive) and resolution (repressive). Even though the government has taken many actions, the efforts made by the Indonesian government to protect copyrighted works have not yielded maximum results.