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China plans to punish singers who lip-synch for "cheating the public," the ministry of culture said Thursday.
A draft set of rules for commercial performances published on its website stipulates that artistes must not "use pre-recorded songs or music to replace live singing or instrument playing" to "cheat the public."

Those who are caught in the act will be punished, the rules say, without specifying what the penalties will be.

"We're seeking input from the public about this regulation," a spokeswoman for the ministry, who did not want to be named, told AFP.

It comes three months after lip-synching caused a storm during the Olympic Games opening ceremony after it was revealed that a girl who moved millions of viewers with a stirring song was actually miming.

The show's musical director revealed she was put on stage because she was prettier than the real singer, who performed from behind the scenes.

A report on the semi-official China News Service news agency suggested the punishments for lip-synching would involve exposing an individual performer, group or organiser in public.

Their licence would be revoked if they breached the rules again within two years, the report said.

 

[I AM JOHN!]

Milli Vanilli was sent to the gulags and never heard from again.

 

[Trevor360]

"All American pop acts cancel China tours for the rest of forever"

 

[ViperVisor]

Girl you know its Girl you know its Girl you know its Girl you know its Girl you know its Girl you know its

 

[I AM JOHN!]

So I have a question - if the government itself is doing it for the olympic ceremonies, who do they send to the gulags for defrauding the people of China?

 

[viciouskillersquirrel]

Milli Vanilli was sent to the gulags and never heard from again.

Speaking of Milli Vanilli, exactly how was it that they were finally sprung, anyway?

 

[LiveFromKyoto]

Can America do this too so we can never hear from Britney Spears again?

 

[I AM JOHN!]

Speaking of Milli Vanilli, exactly how was it that they were finally sprung, anyway?

In 1990, during a live performance recorded by MTV at the Lake Compounce theme park in Bristol, Connecticut, the recording of the song "Girl You Know It's True" jammed and began to skip, repeating the partial line "Girl, you know it's-" over and over. According to the premiere episode of VH1's Behind the Music which profiled Milli Vanilli, fans attending the concert didn't seem to notice or even care and the concert continued as if nothing unusual had happened, but critics did notice and questioned Rob and Fab in their concert reviews.

Unlike the international release of All or Nothing, the inserts for the American version clearly attributed the voices on the album to Morvan and Pilatus. Due to rising public questions regarding the source of talent in the group, as well as the insistence of Morvan and Pilatus to Farian that they be allowed to sing on the next album, Farian confessed to reporters on November 12, 1990, that Morvan and Pilatus did not actually sing on the records. As a result of American media pressure, Milli Vanilli's Grammy was withdrawn four days later (however, their three American Music Awards were never withdrawn due to the fact the organizers felt the awards were given to them by music consumers),[1] and Arista Records dropped the act from its roster and deleted their album and its masters from their catalog, taking Girl You Know It's True out of print.

After these details emerged, at least 26 different lawsuits[2] were filed under various U.S. consumer fraud protection laws[3] against Pilatus, Morvan and Arista Records. One such filing occurred on November 22, 1990 in Ohio, where lawyers there filed a class action lawsuit asking for refunds on behalf of a local woman in Cuyahoga County who had bought Girl You Know It's True; at the time the lawsuit was filed, it was estimated at least 1,000 Ohio residents had bought the album.[3] On August 12, 1991, a proposed settlement to a refund lawsuit in Chicago, Illinois was rejected. This settlement would have refunded buyers of Milli Vanilli CDs, cassettes, records, or singles. However, the refunds would only be given as a credit for a future Arista release.[2] On August 28, a new settlement was approved; it refunded those who attended concerts along with those who bought Milli Vanilli recordings[4]. An estimated 10 million buyers were eligible to claim a refund and they could keep the refunded recordings as well[4]. The deadline to claim refunds passed on March 8, 1992. [5]

What I don't understand is how this all came to revealing that they were just fronting a larger entity anyway? A lot of bands play live performances with pre-recorded material, even back in the sixties. Just look at old clips from Hullabaloo, Bandstand, hell, even Ed Sullivan! How can you somehow be unable to come up with a cover story for this, even a shitty one?

For fun, try and find the clip of Steppenwolf's only appearance on Ed Sullivan; it's fucking hilarious because it's obviously just John Kay singing over the album, and nobody bats an eyelid, even when he stops sining and you can hear the fucking vocal track in the background! :lol

EDIT: you're gonna have to do some legwork to find it. There's something on Youtube marked from Ed Sullivan, but it's not, since the Ed Sullivan clip is in color and a medley of Born To Be Wild and Magic Carpet Ride.

 

[xbhaskarx]

So I have a question - if the government itself is doing it for the olympic ceremonies, who do they send to the gulags for defrauding the people of China?

I came here to post this...

 

[Terrell]

So I have a question - if the government itself is doing it for the olympic ceremonies, who do they send to the gulags for defrauding the people of China?

It's my understanding that this was done without full knowledge within the Chinese government and they tried to cover it up after the fact to save face.

I came here to post this...

HOLY SHIT, does that little girl on the right have a bald spot, or are those ponytails just pulled that tight that it's stretching her skin?

 

[Zyzyxxz]

I came here to post this...

I found it strange that China spent millions on the opening ceremony but didn't think about spending just a few cosmetics on that little girl to avoid this fiasco.