Karaoke in China

If you want to sound really cool next time you sing karaoke...try saying it right. Ka sounds like the 'ca' in car, 'ra' sounds like the la in do, re, mi, fa, so, la... 'o' like in okay...and 'ke' sounds like the ke in keg.

It is not carrieohkey...never was.

No matter how you say it, two Chinese goverment agencies are fighting over the royalties from this fun time entertainment that was born in Japan.

The Ministry of Culture in China is at odds with the National Copyright Administration (NCA). Both want to impose a copyright fee on karaoke bars and clubs.

The NCA thinks royalties should pay on the basis of business volume. The Ministry of Culture thinks it should be based on the number of times a song is ordered/downloaded.

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