YouTube as well as two other music media have reposted the contentious solidarity song banned by the Hong Kong government as US lawmakers pressure them to lift restrictions.
Dgxmusic, the music production team of Glory to Hong Kong' s social media platform showed on Monday the links to the song on the streaming platforms of KKBox and Spotify Spotify.
“We are very sorry for the recent confusion which has caused inconvenience to everyone,” the team said.
“Despite our best efforts, we still cannot promise such incidents will not happen again for now. We will continue to work to reinstate other albums and ask for your understanding and tolerance.” it was added.
Dgxmusic uploaded a new playlist with 10 versions of the glory to Hong Kong song to YouTube on Tuesday morning.
The song resurfaced on music streaming platforms on May 29 after it was removed globally by its former distributor EmuBands following an injunction issued by a city court.
They cited prohibitively high legal costs associated with the appeal court injunction that sought to restrict the song’s circulation.
Again, in early June, the production team said the tune was removed from music platforms by their new New York-based distributor DistroKid “without explanation”.
Earlier this year, Secretary for Justice was granted an interim injunction on May 8 by the Court of Appeal that ruled in its favour after the case was taken to the court last year.
The Hong Kong SAR Government said the purpose of applying for the injunction is to safeguard national security and preserve the dignity of the national anthem, adding that any person who violates the interim injunction order may be held liable for contempt of court.
The court concurred that the song had become a “weapon” that could be used to arouse anti-government and separatist sentiment in the city.
The injunction bans people from “broadcasting, performing, printing, publishing, selling, offering for sale, distributing, disseminating, displaying or reproducing [the song] in any way” with the intention to incite others to separate Hong Kong from the rest of the country, commit a seditious act or insult the national anthem, “March of the Volunteers”.
Earlier this month, the US Congressional-Executive Commission on China, a bipartisan panel that advises the United States’ Congress and president, urged YouTube and its owner Google to restore 32 videos removed as a result of the injunction.
However, the Hong Kong official had said on RTHK interview last week that the injunction not only targeted the 32 removed videos but the song as a whole.
被禁的抗議歌曲《願榮光歸香港》在 YouTube 和兩個音樂串流平台上回歸
YouTube 和另外兩家音樂媒體轉發了這首被香港政府禁止的有爭議的團結歌曲，美國立法者向他們施壓，要求他們取消限制。
香港社群媒體平台Glory to Hong Kong的音樂製作團隊Dgxmusic週一在KKBox和Spotify Spotify的串流平台上展示了該歌曲的連結。
團隊表示：“我們對最近的混亂給大家帶來的不便感到非常抱歉。”
「儘管我們盡了最大努力，但目前仍不能保證此類事件不會再次發生。 我們將繼續努力恢復其他專輯，也請大家理解和包容。 它被添加了。
週二早上，Dgxmusic 向 YouTube 上傳了一個新的播放列表，其中包含 10 個版本的《榮耀歸香港》歌曲。
這首歌在市法院發布禁令後被其前發行商 EmuBands 在全球範圍內下架後，於 5 月 29 日重新出現在音樂串流平台上。
他們列舉了與上訴法院試圖限制歌曲發行的禁令相關的高昂法律費用。
六月初，製作團隊再次表示，這首曲子被他們位於紐約的新發行商 DistroKid 從音樂平台上刪除，「沒有任何解釋」。
今年早些時候，香港政府於去年案件提交法院後，於5月8日獲得上訴法院頒發的臨時禁令，做出了對香港政府有利的裁決。
香港特區政府在聲明中表示，申請禁令的目的是維護國家安全和維護國歌的尊嚴，並補充說，任何人違反臨時禁令，可能會被追究藐視法庭的責任。
法院認為，這首歌已成為一種可以用來煽動該市反政府和分離主義情緒的「武器」。
該禁令禁止人們“以任何方式廣播、表演、印刷、出版、銷售、許諾出售、分發、傳播、展示或複製[歌曲]”，意圖煽動他人將香港與其他地區分開。國歌《義勇軍進行曲》。
本月早些時候，美國國會及行政部門中國委員會（一個為美國國會和總統提供建議的兩黨小組）敦促 YouTube 及其所有者谷歌恢復因禁令而刪除的 32 個影片。
然而，香港官員上週在香港電台採訪時表示，該禁令不僅針對被刪除的 32 個視頻，還針對整首歌。
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