Submitted on Saturday 21st October 2017
Rejected on Friday 27th October 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Bring Back Karaoke! Reverse the ban on making tracks from Adele, Coldplay etc
In 2014 the major music publishers enforced a rule that tracks by certain artists and writers could not be sold as karaoke tracks online as downloads or streams. On 1st October this will be extending to discs. So no one will be able to sing Adele, Coldplay, Abba, Prince and many others.
Over 100 artists are no longer issuing new licenses for their music - with favourites such as Prince's Purple Rain and Bon Jovi’s Livin’ On A Prayer excluded.
Companies which re-create hits without the vocals are baffled by the move because it deprives the artists of royalties.
The ban already applies to online streaming services but will be extended to discs.
We are asking the writers, artists and labels to reconsider and reverse this ban.
Please sign this now to help us bring back karaoke
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
This is a decision taken by music publishers, not the UK Government or Parliament.
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