diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/kuwo.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/kuwo.py
index fa233377d..0c8ed5d07 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/kuwo.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/kuwo.py
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ class KuwoIE(KuwoBaseIE):
             'upload_date': '20080122',
             'description': 'md5:ed13f58e3c3bf3f7fd9fbc4e5a7aa75c'
         },
+        'skip': 'this song has been offline because of copyright issues',
     }, {
         'url': 'http://www.kuwo.cn/yinyue/6446136/',
         'info_dict': {
@@ -76,9 +77,11 @@ class KuwoIE(KuwoBaseIE):
         webpage = self._download_webpage(
             url, song_id, note='Download song detail info',
             errnote='Unable to get song detail info')
+        if '对不起，该歌曲由于版权问题已被下线，将返回网站首页' in webpage:
+            raise ExtractorError('this song has been offline because of copyright issues', expected=True)
 
         song_name = self._html_search_regex(
-            r'<h1[^>]+title="([^"]+)">', webpage, 'song name')
+            r'(?s)class="(?:[^"\s]+\s+)*title(?:\s+[^"\s]+)*".*?<h1[^>]+title="([^"]+)"', webpage, 'song name')
         singer_name = self._html_search_regex(
             r'<div[^>]+class="s_img">\s*<a[^>]+title="([^>]+)"',
             webpage, 'singer name', fatal=False)