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TikTok loses even more songs over its dispute with Universal Music Group
TikTok is losing even more songs over its quarrel with Universal Music Group (UMG), as the social media network is starting to remove songs published by UMG.
The change means that if a songwriter signed to UMPG contributed to even a small part of a song owned by another label, TikTok would have to remove it from its platform. Last month, UMG wrote an open letter to artists and songwriters, in which it accused TikTok of attempting to “bully [UMG] into accepting a deal worth less than the previous deal, far less than fair market value and not reflective of their exponential growth.” The company also noted that TikTok accounts for just about 1% of its total revenue. UMG acknowledges these downsides, but noted in its letter that it has “an overriding responsibility to [its] artists to fight for a new agreement under which they are appropriately compensated for their work.”
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