On July 9, China's agency of traditions unconfined a notice catalog 68 online music web sites that have desecrated the ministry's policy and successful to gain the essential in commission license. Some of individual’s website contain either left overall, or show notices saying they have close up. In recent times, China has been functioning to look up the online music piracy sight.

The global Federation of the Phonographic Industry, which represents the footage industry international, declares in 2008 that 99% of audio files distributed in China were pirate. The Ministry of Culture has while effort to tense regulations disturbing online music contributor. It only award operating licenses to websites that have the same opinion not to deal out pirated audio files, according to one permit holder.

In April, the Ministry unconfined a take in warning prohibited mp3 sites to inventory for an operating license. In the notice, the Ministry as well grants a list of 117 sites in desecration. These unlicensed music websites have "interrupt the online music promote convention and approach at the expenditure of the online music industry and the customers profit," the Ministry said in the notice.