M Music performances are one form of entertainment that is widely enjoyed by the public. in music performances, songs constitute an essential element. songs are the copyrighted works of songwriters; therefore, they carry economic rights as regulated under law number 28 of 2014 on copyright. the mechanism regulated under the 2014 copyright law adopts a collective management system carried out through collective management organizations (cmos). pursuant to article 87 of the 2014 copyright law, in order to obtain economic rights from the commercial use of songs in public spaces, songwriters are required to join a cmo. legal issues arise when songwriters choose to manage their royalties independently through direct licensing, a mechanism that is not regulated under the prevailing legislation. the problems examined in this study are how the economic rights of non-cmo songwriters are protected under the 2014 copyright law and its implementing regulations, as well as the legal protection measures for the economic rights of non-cmo songwriters in music performances. this research is descriptive-analytical in nature, and the data were obtained through interviews with several parties involved in the music industry. the results of the study indicate that songwriters have the right to manage their own economic rights as stipulated in article 81 of the 2014 copyright law; however, article 23 paragraph (5) allows users to utilize works without obtaining direct permission from the songwriter by making payments to a cmo. this situation creates a legal vacuum in the protection of economic rights for non-cmo songwriters, thereby necessitating the establishment of additional regulations and the formation of a special independent institution to ensure adequate legal protection for non-cmo songwriters.