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A recent announcement issued by the CAVCA (China Audio-Video Copyright Association/音像著作权集体管理组织) ordered Chinese KTV managers and karaoke operators across the country to take down 6000 Chinese music videos from their assortment of songs for copyright issues.
Among the many music videos listed, there are those by, for example, popular Chinese singer-songwriter and actress Gloria Tang Tsz-kei, also known as G.E.M.
The CAVCA, that was established in 2008, issued a notice on its website explaining its latest crackdown on November 5, saying that KTV operators already had been ordered to take down the songs before October 31st of 2018.
According to Global Times on Weibo, more than 90% of the Chinese music videos used in the KTV business in China have been authorized by the CAVCA.
With more than 37 million clicks on Weibo, the topic “6000 Songs Taken Down from KTV” (#6000多首歌将从KTV下架#) became one of the top trending topics on Monday.
The public response to the KTV songs copyright takedown is two-sided: there are those who oppose to the measure for negatively impacting the karaoke business and customers’ options (“What’s the point of going to KTV anymore?”), and then there are those who express their support for better copyright protection in China.
“There’s nothing wrong with increasing awareness on copyright issues,” one top comment says.
“Foreigners love Chinese karaoke, because there is not much copyright awareness and because it’s cheap, while it’s extremely expensive abroad. These copyright measures will cool down [the KTV business],” one commenter says.
“They might as well shut down the KTV business altogether,” others write.
By Manya Koetse
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