_number8_@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoUniversal Music says that it will pull its song catalog from TikTok tomorrow at midnight, as the companies are unable to reach a deal on rights. Huge implications.twitter.comexternal-linkmessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1322arrow-down118
arrow-up1304arrow-down1external-linkUniversal Music says that it will pull its song catalog from TikTok tomorrow at midnight, as the companies are unable to reach a deal on rights. Huge implications.twitter.com_number8_@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square77fedilink
minus-squareRampantParanoia2365@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down2·8 months agoI don’t understand. Isn’t TikTok a video making platform? What catalogue…?
minus-squareCluckN@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·8 months agoTikTok was originally an app called Musically where people would lip-sync over songs. Music was/is the core of the app so copyrighting songs would cut down the majority of their content.
minus-squareCorkyskoglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·8 months agoThere are estimates of this impacting between a few hundred million to a billion videos…
I don’t understand. Isn’t TikTok a video making platform? What catalogue…?
TikTok was originally an app called Musically where people would lip-sync over songs. Music was/is the core of the app so copyrighting songs would cut down the majority of their content.
There are estimates of this impacting between a few hundred million to a billion videos…
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