35,000 yuan claimed

Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court recently accepted the country's first case involving the unauthorized use of background music in hotels and restaurants, according to the Music Copyright Society of China (MCSC). In its bill of complaint, MCSC (plaintiff) claimed that Hangzhou Hyatt Regency Hotel and Hangzhou 900bowls Restaurant (defendants) used music works under the management of MCSC as their background music for a long time, without the grant of MCSC and never paying any copyright usage fee. So the plaintiff asked the defendants to stop playing the unauthorized music and compensate 35,000 yuan.

(Source：China Daily)

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