7month24Sunday morning10spot,The official website of the State Administration of Market Supervision issued a《The State Administration of market supervision has ordered Tencent Holdings Co., Ltd. to remove the exclusive copyright of online music and other penalties in accordance with the law》Announcement of。
Which states,2021year1month,According to the report, the State Administration of market supervision,Tencent Holdings Limited(Hereinafter referred to as Tencent)2016year7In June, the acquisition of equity of China Music Group was suspected of illegal concentration of business operators。

Basis of the State Administration of market supervision《Antitrust law》,Find out the facts of illegal concentration of this transaction,Fully assess the share of the concentration operators in the relevant market、control force、Concentration and its impact on market entry and consumers。meanwhile,Extensive consultation with relevant government departments、Trade Association、Experts and scholars、Opinions of peer competitors,And listened to Tencent's statements for many times。
The survey shows that,The relevant market of this case is the online music playing platform market in China。Genuine music copyright is the core asset and key resource of the operation of network music playing platform。
2016In, Tencent and China Music Group's relevant market shares were30%and40%about,Tencent merged with major competitors in the market,Gain high market share,After concentration, the entity occupies more than 100 exclusive music library resources80%,It may be able to promote upstream copyright parties to reach more exclusive copyright agreements with them,Or require it to give better trading conditions than its competitors,It may also be able to improve market entry barriers through copyright payment modes such as high prepayment,Has or may have exclusions to the relevant market、Limiting competitive effect。
according to《Antitrust law》Article 48、《Interim Provisions on the examination of business concentration》Article 57,According to the principle of paying equal attention to development and standardization,The State Administration of market supervision shall make a decision on administrative punishment according to law,Order Tencent and its affiliates to remove the exclusive music copyright within 30 days、Stop the payment of copyright fees such as high advance payment、The upstream copyright owner shall not be required to give conditions superior to its competitors and other measures to restore the state of market competition without justified reasons。
Tencent shall report the performance of its obligations to the State Administration of market supervision every year within three years,The State Administration of market supervision will strictly supervise its implementation according to law。
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