Operators of Beijing KTVs face lawsuits

About 100 Beijing KTV operators are expected to face lawsuits in the next few days for non-payment of royalty fees , sources said yesterday.

China Audio-Video Copyright Association (CAVCA), entrusted to collect royalties on behalf of domestic singers and composers, will ask the courts to order violators to pay fees for 2007 and this year, mostly for the use of MTV material.

"We will continue to sue violaters until all KTV operators pay their fees according to the law," CAVCA executive vice-president Wang Huapeng told China Daily.