TikTok removes music from Taylor Swift and The Weeknd
TikTok removes music from Taylor Swift and The Weeknd
Source image, Reuters By Imran Rahman-JonesBBC News
TikTok removed the music of stars including Taylor Swift, The Weeknd and Olivia Rodrigo from its videos after a row with their label, Universal Music Group (UMG). .
A licensing agreement between TikTok and the label expired on Wednesday and no new agreement could be reached.
UMG said TikTok wanted to pay a "fraction" of the rate other social media sites charge for access to its songs.
TikTok accused UMG of presenting a “false narrative and rhetoric.”
All videos that contain UMG music will be cut and new videos cannot be made with these tracks.
Some artists like Ariana Grande and Katy Perry have had the Most of their music disappears from their official pages, except for a few songs that are on other labels.
Source image, Reuters By Imran Rahman-JonesBBC News
TikTok removed the music of stars including Taylor Swift, The Weeknd and Olivia Rodrigo from its videos after a row with their label, Universal Music Group (UMG). .
A licensing agreement between TikTok and the label expired on Wednesday and no new agreement could be reached.
UMG said TikTok wanted to pay a "fraction" of the rate other social media sites charge for access to its songs.
TikTok accused UMG of presenting a “false narrative and rhetoric.”
All videos that contain UMG music will be cut and new videos cannot be made with these tracks.
Some artists like Ariana Grande and Katy Perry have had the Most of their music disappears from their official pages, except for a few songs that are on other labels.
Source image, Reuters
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