China to crack down on karaoke piracy -paper
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-07-19 14:45 China's warbling masses could
soon have access to fewer of their favourite karaoke hits after a government
crackdown on pirated songs.
The new rules also require that the Ministry of Culture ensure all songs
"accord with relevant national rules and policies", the Beijing News said.
"This action is aimed at preventing unhealthy songs from becoming karaoke and
will gradually solve the copyright contradictions between record companies,
artists and karaoke operators," it quoted a government official as saying.
Three cities will trial-run the new scheme, the paper said.
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