US EditionTaylor Swift’s label UMG to pull music from TikTok, accusing the social media app of bullying
- Universal Music Group has accused TikTok of not paying artists and songwriters fair value and flooding the platform with AI-generated recordings.
- TikTok responded by accusing Universal of prioritizing greed over the interests of artists and songwriters by walking away from a platform with over a billion users.
- As a result, Universal Music Group will cease licensing content to TikTok and TikTok Music services after the current agreement expires.
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The music of Taylor Swift, The Weeknd, The Beatles and other artists can no longer be heard on TikTok after negotiations with the musical group Universal broke down over compensation. All music recorded under a Universal Music Group (UMG) license has been removed from the TikTok music library since Thursday, and all videos containing music licensed by Universal have been muted. The previous licensing agreement between UMG and TikTok expired on J…
·Washington, United States
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Universal Music Group and TikTok were unable to reach an agreement.
What happens when you can’t use songs by Taylor Swift and other artists on TikTok? Users are starting to find out.
Even before Universal Music Group removed its catalog from TikTok in the early hours of Thursday, artists with the label were on the platform sounding the alarm.
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