Rasa Sayang

Heard of this song? It means "Feelings of Love"
I find the song very smoothing and nice. It depicts a certain Asian favours and culture.

Recently, there are 2 countries 'arguing' for the rights of this song.
Malaysia has used this song during their Malaysia Truly Asia tourism campaign but Indonesia has said that they have the rights to the song with an Indonesian minister threatening to sue Malaysia for copyright violation of the song.
The song has in recent weeks affected relations between the 2 countries.

Ms Dwi Anita Daruherdani (intellectual property rights consultant) urged Jakarta to ask K L to stop using the song in the campaign. She said some parties in Indo. had produced a number of exhibits to prove that the song is a cultural product of the country's ethnic population groups.
It noted that Maluka Governor Albert Ralahalu claimed to have information on the song's composer, Paulus Pea

"If, based on written evidence, Paulus Pea is really the song's composer, the next thing we need to pay attention to is the time span of the protection to be given to the creation"
"If the composer was not known, then the state would hold the song's copyright. If Indonesia wanted to own the copyright, it must show evidence" (said Ms Daruherdani)