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Karaoke (KTV) bar owners in China have seemingly boycotted a new national royalty payment scheme, branding it "illegal and unreasonable."
China's National www1.zjvt.com www.1b2h.com www.hzvt.com wenxue 网站建设|网站推广 英语翻译 浙江视频人才网daoshop92898newsmusic 下载统计 母婴用品 baby flash儿歌视频会议 Administration (NCA) 9 unveiled a scheme on November by which karaoke bars have to pay 12 yuan (US$1.5) a day in royalties to music artists for each room on their premises. The NCA said www1.zjvt.com www.1b2h.com www.hzvt.com wenxue 网站建设|网站推广 英语翻译 浙江视频人才网daoshop92898newsmusic 下载统计 母婴用品 baby flash儿歌视频会议 owners had designated an association for the collective management of audio and video www1.zjvt.com www.1b2h.com www.hzvt.com wenxue 网站建设|网站推广 英语翻译 浙江视频人才网daoshop92898newsmusic 下载统计 母婴用品 baby flash儿歌视频会议s to collect royalties on their behalf. However, as this plan awaits official approval by the government, the China Audio and Video Association (CAVA) has been designated as an interim agent to collect royalties. In China's southern city of Guangzhou, the Guangzhou Cultural and Entertainment Industry Association said the agent has no government approval and that paying royalties according to the number of KTV rooms is unreasonable. A www1.zjvt.com www.1b2h.com www.hzvt.com wenxue 网站建设|网站推广 英语翻译 浙江视频人才网daoshop92898newsmusic 下载统计 母婴用品 baby flash儿歌视频会议 fee based on individual song popularity is believed to be more reasonable. Huang said the boycott was organized after lengthy discussion among bar owners. He added that 12 yuan per room is too high for KTV owners. Wang Huapeng, a leading official in charge of instituting the www1.zjvt.com www.1b2h.com www.hzvt.com wenxue 网站建设|网站推广 英语翻译 浙江视频人才网daoshop92898newsmusic 下载统计 母婴用品 baby flash儿歌视频会议 management association, said he knew of protests from Guangzhou. Wang said 12 yuan per room was the ceiling, and the association was working on a detailed variance scheme according to local economic conditions. He declined to comment on his association's qualifications to collect the fees, saying, "The bars can stop using our www1.zjvt.com www.1b2h.com www.hzvt.com wenxue 网站建设|网站推广 英语翻译 浙江视频人才网daoshop92898newsmusic 下载统计 母婴用品 baby flash儿歌视频会议ed songs if they refuse to accept the scheme." A staff member with the NCA said KTV owners and the national association should collaborate on a detailed scheme. "Different opinions, reflecting the growing number of people concerned about royalty collection, are good for www1.zjvt.com www.1b2h.com www.hzvt.com wenxue 网站建设|网站推广 英语翻译 浙江视频人才网daoshop92898newsmusic 下载统计 母婴用品 baby flash儿歌视频会议 protection," he said. Zhu Nan, vice-chairman with the Shanghai Cultural and Entertainment Industry Association also questioned the www1.zjvt.com www.1b2h.com www.hzvt.com wenxue 网站建设|网站推广 英语翻译 浙江视频人才网daoshop92898newsmusic 下载统计 母婴用品 baby flash儿歌视频会议 management's qualifications to collect the money. "We won't pay any fees until the legal problems are solved," Zhu said. However, he said Shanghai's KTV owners would accept the charging method, if the price was reasonable, for example, "one yuan per room per day." Huang and Zhu both said the entertainment associations would, on behalf of the KTV owners, take legal action against the www1.zjvt.com www.1b2h.com www.hzvt.com wenxue 网站建设|网站推广 英语翻译 浙江视频人才网daoshop92898newsmusic 下载统计 母婴用品 baby flash儿歌视频会议 management association or CAVA if they insisted on collecting the royalties. In Beijing, another pilot city, bar owners did not share their brethren's anxieties. Wang Yefei, vice-director of Beijing Municipal www1.zjvt.com www.1b2h.com www.hzvt.com wenxue 网站建设|网站推广 英语翻译 浙江视频人才网daoshop92898newsmusic 下载统计 母婴用品 baby flash儿歌视频会议 Administration said on Wednesday that a detailed scheme in Beijing was still on the drawing board. However, Wang said, the prices were definitely lower than the upper limit of 12 yuan, and were sub-divided into three different levels according to operating conditions. "We will listen to the KTV owners when working on the detailed scheme," Wang said, adding proposals would be issued early next year. "It's strange for the KTV owners in Guangzhou and Shanghai to act in that way as they can still negotiate with the www1.zjvt.com www.1b2h.com www.hzvt.com wenxue 网站建设|网站推广 英语翻译 浙江视频人才网daoshop92898newsmusic 下载统计 母婴用品 baby flash儿歌视频会议 management association about the detailed scheme," he added. The royalties will first be collected in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou on a trial basis. The practice will gradually extend to other cities, with the payment rate varying according to economic conditions. A special team will be established before the end of the year to ensure fee collection. (Xinhua News Agency November 23, 2006) |
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