Chinese karaoke silences 6,000 songs including Hong Kong, Taiwan, K-pop artists’ music

Music by Na Ying, one of China

Copyright infringement is hitting China’s popular karaoke culture – known locally as KTV – which has lost more than 6,000 songs, including those by some of Hong Kong and Taiwan’s most renowned artists.

KTVs and their video on demand service providers were ordered by the state-sponsored China Audio-Video Copyright Association (CAVCA) to remove 6,609 songs by artists from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and South Korea by October 31.