A number of major Chinese websites currently offering musical content for free are planning to set up pay systems early next year.
That’s according to an anonymous China Daily source from Universal Music Group’s China base.
The UMG man said that the emergence of legal, money-making online systems in the territory is not confirmed but is “highly possible”.
At present, music has been made available for free legitimately in reaction to widespread piracy.
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