Taiwan pop?star Jay Chou's songs will likely be withdrawn from
certain KTV venues, such as Holiday and Cash Box, affiliated by his
former agent Alfa Music
, Beijing Morning Post reported on
Tuesday.
The withdrawal is due to the expiry of Jay Chou's contract with
Alfa Music, the terms of which claim that Jay Chou owns the
copyright to all of the songs on his albums, and that Alfa Music
only had the power of attorney during their contract period. When
the contract expired on Mar. 1, 2007,? Alfa Music should,
legally, stop using Chou's songs in their KTV centres.
The pop singer's agency in the Chinese mainland, Jushi Music,
says that they are now talking about renewing the contract with
Alfa, and that the KTV centres will only have to stop broadcasting
the songs and pay them copyright fees if they cannot reach an
agreement on the matter. However, the company insists that no
customers will be affected by the dispute.
Currently, Jay Chou's works are still being broadcasting
throughout these popular KTV venues. And a company official from
Shanghai Cash Box says that they still have yet to receive any
information to the contrary from their head office.
Alfa Music is currently refusing to speak on the issue, saying
the matter had been put forward to their legal department.
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(CRI.cn March 22, 2007)
