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Artists From Universal Music Group Are Heading Back to TikTok as New Deal Is Reached

Artists from Universal Music Group return to TikTok after resolving licensing dispute. [ more ]

Vulture

TikTok and Universal Music Group Finally Made Up

Universal Music Group has reached a new licensing agreement with TikTok, allowing songs to return with improved remuneration and protections for AI. [ more ]

Social Media Today

Universal Music Will Pull Its Tracks From TikTok

Universal and TikTok have failed to reach a new agreement, leading Universal to cease licensing content to TikTok and TikTok Music services.

Universal accuses TikTok of offering a deal that undervalues music and hurts vulnerable artists. [ more ]

Futurism

TikTok in Shambles Now That Videos Can't Use Popular Music

Universal Music Group (UMG) has pulled its artists' songs from TikTok, causing frustration for creators and users.

UMG and TikTok failed to reach a licensing agreement, leading to the removal of UMG's catalog from the platform. [ more ]

Vulture

Universal Music Group Is Ready to Take Your Favorite Songs Off TikTok

Universal Music Group (UMG) is planning to take its music off TikTok as it struggles to negotiate a new licensing agreement with the platform.

UMG cited concerns over compensation, AI protections, and online safety as reasons for threatening to pull music from TikTok. [ more ]

ReadWrite

Music

TikTok may lose Universal Music Group song catalog

Universal Music Group (UMG) has warned it will stop licensing content to TikTok after their current deal expires on January 31.

UMG claims that TikTok is not offering fair compensation to their artists and songwriters and is prioritizing greed. [ more ]

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time.com

Why Many of Your Favorite Songs Are About to Disappear From TikTok

Songs by popular artists may be removed from TikTok as Universal Music Group fails to renew its licensing agreement with the platform.

UMG pressed TikTok on issues including fair compensation, protection from AI, and online safety for users in negotiations. [ more ]

Pitchfork

Universal Music Group Reaches Deal to Return Music to TikTok

UMG and TikTok reach a licensing agreement after a dispute, securing improved remuneration and protections against generative AI. [ more ]

Fast Company

Taylor Swift, Adele, and Bad Bunny's music returning to TikTok, thanks to a new UMG deal

Artists from Universal Music Group, including popular names like Taylor Swift and Drake, are returning to TikTok after a new licensing agreement was reached. [ more ]

Consequence

Universal Music Group and TikTok agree to new licensing deal

The deal between Universal Music Group and TikTok will result in improved compensation for artists, industry-leading AI protections, and the return of UMG's music catalog to the platform. [ more ]

Vulture

5 months ago

TikTok's Grey's Anatomy Is Bringing Their Past Drama to Hulu

Grey's Anatomy is expanding its streaming library to include Hulu in addition to Netflix and TikTok.

The licensing agreement will allow both services to share streaming rights to the show starting in spring 2024. [ more ]

IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law

1 month ago

Beer

Second Circuit Okays Hard Seltzer Sales in Blow to Modelo

The court found the contract language ambiguous due to multiple plausible readings.

Modelo failed to prove that hard seltzer wasn't covered under the sublicense definition of 'Beer'. [ more ]

Mail Online

Music

Taylor Swift, Drake and other major artists PULLED from TikTok

Hundreds of major music artists' content has been removed from TikTok after the platform failed to reach a new licensing agreement with Universal Music Group (UMG).

The removal of the content comes as UMG accused TikTok of trying to bully it into a contract it didn't agree with and not adequately addressing its concerns about AI-generated music, artist compensation, and user safety. [ more ]

The Verge