The Chinese Ministry of Culture launched a national Karaoke content management system

To strengthen the Karaoke content regulation, improving Chinese karaoke intellectual property protection level, promotion of karaoke information technology transformation, China's Ministry of culture recently launched nationwide Kala OK content management system, and to develop related work programme published parts of the cultural administration. The Ministry of culture market Division official said, karaoke is welcomed by the crowd favorite cultural entertainment, however in recent years, some establishments use with Chinese laws and regulations prohibit comparative content broadcasts; overseas agencies without the Ministry content review and approval of the authorization to import its program into China a karaoke, a place to operate direct program library via the Internet and foreign connections to China's cultural sovereignty and cultural security threat; at the same time, the Federation of the Phonographic Industry, the copyright owner and karaoke operator between the program's copyright use problems are becoming more and more prominent, on China's IP protection and the healthy development of KEs had a large impact. The official said that the national Karaoke content management system is the cultural administration uses modern information technology tools to fulfil market regulatory functions and provide a public service, is included in the systems engineering of the Ministry of culture of the "eleventh five-year" plan and the 2008-2010 National entertainment sunshine project implementation programme. Nationwide Kala OK content management system main features include: information network technology to build public management platform for karaoke real-time monitoring of business practice, for violations of laws and regulations remote monitoring; China owns independent intellectual property rights in the programs entry, transmission, encryption and other technology and format standards, original music for the national program to create the conditions of access; through information network to KEs operators, copyright and related rights holders, and other communication information, technical support for fair trade; through the system for karaoke operators provide value-added business, expand their profit-making mode and channel. According to reports, karaoke and other units can free access and use the system, and depending on the system of public service platform for transactions and value-added services. The Ministry of cultural centre for the development of the market as a system contractor is responsible for financing, technology research and development, system installation, operation and maintenance, and accept the Ministry of culture and local culture administration guidance and supervision, and may, in accordance with law, to provide paid services oriented society. The Ministry of culture established the national Karaoke content management service system construction work programme, where the system's access conditions of karaoke, should complete system access and karaoke program consolidation audit work; temporarily does not have the access conditions of karaoke, should install "does not access system places content regulation sub-system" and audit its karaoke show will be its contents into the scope of regulation. Has access and no access to the system of karaoke, should limit its karaoke program reorganizes, not to replace the entirety. Application for new or updated server facilities equipment karaoke, should be a system installation. System demonstration site installation will start from July; in January 2009, the construction will comprehensively promote the system.