In some KTV song library, many familiar songs such as "the invisible wings, likely will be deleted. The reason is that these enterprises have been staff KTV karaoke royalty fees.
Yesterday (23 July), audiovisual copyright collective management society in Chinese that copyright royalty payment of karaoke, Wuhan 3 home entertainment have been instituted, the Court trial next month. According to reports, this will be my province karaoke infringement first case.
In June 2007, according to the national unified deployment, Hubei formal introduction of karaoke copyright licensing fees, but most businesses take a wait-and-see attitude. Two years have passed, the province's 1200 registered KTV, currently only 20 pay a copyright fee.
According to my province charges each karaoke parlors $ 8.3 every day, one year is $ 3000. Most of the entertainment that costs too much to bear. "Copyright fee only accounts part cost very little." Chinese Minister of Ministry of sound set Association, Feng mountain spring rates are approved, a package of royalties every day, usually less than the profits of a bottle of beer.
The first batch of 3 companies, on being sued for infringing songs singles claim 2 million, the invisible wings "ranked among them. Prior to this, Chinese tone set Association has completed more than 100 in Wuhan KTV song of forensic work, plans a lawsuit in batches.
Chinese tone set Association commissioned a charging unit Hubei Trina culture company said that the lawsuits, claims are not ultimately aims to alert the relevant enterprises, protection of intellectual property rights. It is reported that in Shanghai and other coastal cities, the karaoke royalty payment rate is 90%.
It is understood that, because of the drag-and-pay karaoke royalty, the country has more than a thousand Chinese tone set KTV Association to court, was asked to remove infringing songs, apology, compensation for loss in tort, bear right.
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