China: Karaoke management · Global Voices
Oiwan Lam

The Cultural bureau and Intellectual property rights bureau in China intervene into the Karaoke business, the former wants to control the pool of music and song used in karaoke, while the latter lists the charge for the song's copy rights fee.
Jxhill quotes from mainstream media's data saying that the government departments are trying to control 2 billion yuan business interest. As for the intellectual property rights charging fee, it should be a negoitation between the copyrights holder and karaoke business sector. It shouldn't be taken over by governmental body (zh).