Pop 'singers' caught in fake vocals
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Ma Xiaochun, a spokeswoman for Juli Entertainment Corp., which reportedly represented the performers, denied any business connection with the performers. She made her denial during a phone interview with the Global Times Sunday. Ma said the singing duo were not paid and just performed as a kind of warm-up act for the concert. Jiang Shuhua, a lawyer with the Beijing Yingke law firm, said the lip sync case is also a violation of consumer protection laws. "A kind of consumer contract is established when the customer buys a concert ticket. Lip sync is defrauding consumers who bought their tickets to enjoy a live performance, instead of the pre-recorded songs they could have listened to at home." According to Jiang, concertgoers defrauded by confirmed lip-sync performances can demand refunds at double the price of an admission ticket. |