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Sony BMG is working with major publishers to strike a digital deal in the Asian market.Some of the countries that they are focused on are China, India,Hong kong, and Malaysia. This deal is important to continue promoting the use of digital music in a legal way.Many publishers and societies like ASCAP arent yet ready to work with the Asian countries,but arrangements are in the works from all the majors in one way or another, except EMI Music and EMI Music Publishing which are unknown.