On the evening of August 31st,
Tencent gave up its exclusive music rights
became the number one in Weibo search!
Many netizens commented:
"Hi Da Pu Ben, I can finally listen to Jay Chou !"
At the same time,
will be on the night of August 31.
Ding Lei shouted to major record companies:
"Please open the authorization, we have sufficient funds."
Tencent announced the abandonment of exclusive music copyright
In recent years, many music apps have been keen to sign exclusive music rights. As a result, many popular singers’ songs can only be listened to on one music app. Few people have to choose to download multiple music apps and have to pay for multiple music apps in order to listen to different singers they like.
In terms of exclusive music rights, the most famous is that Jay Chou's works were removed from the NetEase Cloud in 2018.
Starting from April 1, 2018, NetEase Cloud lost the copyright authorization of Jay Chou’s songs, and all Jay Chou’s songs were grayed out and unclickable, and would display "This resource is temporarily unavailable due to partner requirements. We are striving for the return of the song."
Source: NetEase Cloud
On the evening of August 31, Tencent issued the "Statement on Giving up the Exclusive License Rights of Music Copyright" through its official WeChat public account. stated that it had sought to maximize Resolve the exclusive agreement with the relevant upstream copyright party as soon as possible.
Tencent stated in its statement that as of August 23, 2021, it has sent relevant letters to all upstream copyright parties that have reached exclusive agreements.Inform them that they need to terminate the contract on time. Among them, most of 's exclusive agreements have been terminated on time.
In addition, waive the right to exclusive license of music copyright in the music copyright exclusive agreement with the relevant upstream copyright party (except for the case where the exclusive cooperation period with independent musicians does not exceed three years, and the exclusive release period of new songs does not exceed 30 days) , The upstream copyright party can authorize other operators on its own and will not be held accountable for the related responsibilities arising from the authorization of other operators.
Tencent also stated that will continue to cooperate with upstream copyright parties in a non-exclusive way, and will negotiate with upstream copyright parties on non-exclusive cooperation.
The State Administration of Market Supervision has filed an investigation into Tencent's acquisition of the shares of China Music Group for allegedly illegally implementing operator concentration.
According to a news from the State Administration for Market Regulation on July 24, in January 2021, the State Administration for Market Regulation filed an investigation into Tencent Holdings Co., Ltd.'s July 2016 acquisition of equity in China Music Group for allegedly illegally implementing operator concentration.
The State Administration of Market Supervision made an administrative penalty decision in accordance with the law. ordered Tencent and its affiliates to remove exclusive music copyrights within 30 days, ceased payment methods for copyright fees such as high prepayments, and must not require upstream copyright parties to give them benefits without justifiable reasons. Measures to restore market competition based on the conditions of competitors.
Netizen: Xi Da Pu Ben
The above statement has caused great concern.
As Tencent announced its abandonment of the exclusive rights to music, netizens also expressed their love for Puben, and finally they don't need to download so many software, and look forward to hearing Jay Chou and others' songs on more music apps.
QQ Music Jay Chou tracks no longer show exclusive
NetEase CEO Ding Lei:
very much looking forward to it,I hope it’s sincere and sincere
does not contain any yin or yang decision
Following the announcement of Tencent’s announcement that it abandons the exclusive rights of music copyright, many netizens are paying attention to posts on social platforms. Some netizens said, "Jay Chou, I'm here", "I only want to download one app to listen to all the songs", "Can Xiami survive?"...
has always been in the online music market, NetEase Cloud Music and QQ Music is the biggest competitor.
On the evening of August 31, in the NetEase second quarter earnings conference call, in response to Tencent's announcement of abandoning exclusive music, NetEase CEO Ding Lei said that is very much looking forward to it, and hopes that this is a sincere decision that does not contain any wrongdoing decision. At the same time, he called on record companies to open authorization with the concept of openness and fairness to create a healthy development environment for the industry.
Earlier, NetEase Cloud Music publicly stated that it firmly supports the relevant penalties of the State Administration of Market Supervision and Administration. NetEase Cloud Music promises to actively fulfill its platform responsibilities, operate in compliance with laws and regulations, and resolutely not sign exclusive online music copyright agreements with upstream copyright parties. Resist the act of driving up copyright prices.
Source: Guangzhou Daily, China Securities Journal, Red Star News, netizen comments
Duty editor: Xiao Linqi
Duty director: Jin Luyao
Duty editor: Zhu Xiaohui
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