Super Junior songs ‘Bonamana’, ‘No Other’, ‘All My Heart’, and ‘Short Journey’ have been banned from online distribution by China’s Ministry of Culture. On the Chinese government’s official website, the ministry released a list of the now illegal songs and stated that the listed songs were not “filed and reviewed” par the government’s rules to ensure that the song is legal for distribution. Whether it is buying the song from online music outlets, downloading from a secondary source or listening to the song online, distribution and downloading of these songs is now illegal.
Baidu, China’s largest search engine that also allows users to download songs, has already removed all Bonamana download source and removed the song from online streaming.
All websites, including personal blogs, corporate websites or social media websites, must remove songs on this list before February 28th, 2011 or legal action will be taken.
Joining Super Junior on the list is fellow K-pop artist Chaeyeon with six of her songs being banned. Songs by non-Korean artists such as Christina Aguilera, Jay Chou, Wang Leehom, Fahrenheit and Koda Kumi have been banned as well.
Source PRC Ministry of Culture
Credit Koreaboo
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