Karaoke country fenced out from MySpace Karaoke
Posted on April 29th, 2008 by Akky Akimoto
Today’s launched MySpace new feature, MySpace Karaoke, seems inaccessible from Japan, as you know, the birthplace of karaoke.
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Sing your heart out!
MySpace Karaoke team
Well, not a big deal, actually.
- MySpace Japan exists so they may have different service plan, as the blocking page implies.
- MySpace is not popular in Japan, anyway. Mighty Mixi might be thinking similar service
- music copyright processing tends to be restricted by country border (sigh)
- No Japanese songs, I assume (cannot check from here!)
On Japanese internet, there are several paid internet-karaoke services (Paso kara hodai, karaoke@dam, Internet Songbank, etc.), but they are not “social” services but just audio (without vocal) download services.
Another example of regional restriction, Pandora, the popular internet radio, is not usable from Japan.
Author Information Akky Akimoto is one of the first pro-bloggers [J] in Japan. As an individual he writes for Asiajin and his own Japanese weblog. He also produces web services including IvRead.com and Narabe.com. Twitter @akky 5 Responses to “Karaoke country fenced out from MySpace Karaoke”
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However it seems that it doesn’t work in Japan! the home of Karaoke. Does Myspace realise the market out there in Japan? tut, tut… Site Here. UPDATE: nor is the service allowed anywhere else in the world
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Myspace and Pandora both suck so you’re not missing anything.
I think it’s great. I’m so pissed off that so many Japanese sites require that you’re in Japan to use them. This just seems like poetic justice.
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