By 1977 this prohibition was widely flouted, and various Taipei singing clubs and nightclubs invited the relevant government authorities to meet and discuss this issue, making calls for them to enforce the law. Which they did-for about a month. Thereafter it seemed that on any street or alley in Taipei you could find restaurants offering live singing.
民國六十六年，餐廳違規歌唱愈來愈嚴重，包括台北市各歌廳、夜總會等邀請有關單位開會研商，呼籲依法取締，然而如火如荼的取締行動只維持了一個月，其後反倒變本加厲，整個台北市幾乎家家餐廳都有樂隊伴奏、歌手演唱，趨勢如此，歌廳也只有黯然敗下陣來。