Ban on "Glory to Hong Kong" and its Impact on iTunes Charts: Latest Updates

2023-06-14 08:41:13

The Department of Justice filed an application for an injunction and a temporary injunction with the court on the 5th of this month, requesting the prohibition of four illegal acts related to the anti-revision song “Glory to Hong Kong”, including dissemination and reprinting, etc., the court It was announced the day before that the case will be processed in the High Court on July 21 for an application for an interim injunction. Although there is no result, “Yahoo News” discovered this afternoon that the multiple versions of “Glory to Hong Kong” created by Thomas DGX YHL are no longer searchable, and it is unknown whether they have been taken off the shelves; currently only the lead singer of “Chairman Orchestra” remains The Taiwanese version of “Glory to Hong Kong” is still available in the iTunes store.

Some readers told “Yahoo News” that they bought and downloaded the Thomas DGX YHL version of “Glory to Hong Kong” a few days ago, and they can still listen to it.

Last week, multiple versions of “Glory to Hong Kong” created by Thomas DGX YHL, and “Glory to Hong Kong” by the lead singer of “Chairman Orchestra” occupied the top 10 of the “iTunes Music” hit list. Jiang Tao’s new song “Dummy” once fell out of the top ten, ranking 11th.

The government uploaded a document today stating that the public can object to the injunction in writing within 7 days

In addition, the government said today (14th) that in response to the temporary injunction order, the relevant documents have been uploaded to 3 websites. Those who intend to defend themselves can file on or before June 21, and must go to the report room of the Wanchai District Police Station to submit to the court Specified personal data, within 7 days of receiving the relevant documents, submit a written objection.