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China to ban music that “insults or defames others” in karaoke venues

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Music Business Worldwide (MBW), the country’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism has announced that from October 1 any music that breaches a fresh set of government rules will be scrapped from karaoke bars.Among the contraventions include music that “violates the state’s religious policies or promotes cults and superstitions,” “insults or defames others” or “endangers national security or harms national honour or interests”.A Reddit user posted a direct translation of the new government rules in full which you can read here.China’s karaoke (KTV) venues typically host a music library of more than 100,000 tracks each, say reports by local media (via MBW).

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