Karaoke copyright fee of $170 million for 8 years

On the afternoon of 26th, the Congress of the Chinese Audiovisual Copyright Collective Management Association ("The Sound Gathering Association") has aroused the high concern of karaoke owners, record companies and the media. Because, this Congress will pass the national Karaoke copyright usage Fee distribution plan. However, the association did not disclose the details of the distribution programme after the end of the conference. After inquiries, the reporter learned that after the allocation of the scheme, will also be in the sound set of the Council to implement rules, can be specific distribution.　　Therefore, some rights-holders look forward to getting the karaoke "copyright dividend" before the spring Festival, which will be postponed until after the Spring Festival. Since 2007, the Chinese Association of Sound Collection has started karaoke copyright licensing work, the country has about 3,000 operating venues to receive audio-visual copyright use license, the payment of royalties are increasing every year, from 2007 6.26 million Yuan, 2008 46.78 million Yuan, Reached 67.78 million yuan in the three quarter to 2009 years ago. Among them, the Shanghai karaoke business site to deliver the copyright royalties ranked first in the country. According to Wanghuapeng, Director-General of the Association, at present, the Audio Collection Association has received royalties of 170 million yuan, this time the amount available for distribution is 120 million yuan.　　Although it sounds like a huge amount of money available for distribution, according to the people concerned, in fact, to deduct tax, regulatory platform, rights and other costs, the real can be used for distribution of about half. Some record companies believe that the "reminder" of the Karaoke edition 8 years ago to the business site and the copyright administration of the confrontation, the focus of social attention also from the version of the fee "should not be handed", "How to pay", "to whom", "how much", progress to the present "how to allocate", "How Much", The mechanism of copyright protection in China is gradually sound. Therefore, the first edition fee distribution whether it is before the Spring Festival or after the Spring Festival is not important, the key is that the right people have seen the dawn: the fruits of labor can finally be rewarded. (Yang Jianguo)