NEW YORK: Universal Music Group has agreed a brand new licensing agreement which can see songs from its catalogue return to TikTok, three months after they have been eliminated over a rights dispute.
Universal withdrew its songs from the social media platform after a earlier licence deal expired in January.
The new agreement with TikTok will ship higher compensation for musicians and songwriters, the group stated in a press assertion on Thursday.
The world’s largest music firm, Universal holds the rights to the catalogues of many main artistes together with Billie Eilish and Adele.
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The group had beforehand criticised TikTok for providing musicians solely a “fraction” of the royalties they’re due, and expressed concern that music created with the assistance of synthetic intelligence (AI) might endanger artistes’ livelihoods.
The Chinese-owned social media platform has grow to be the principle supply for locating new music for a lot of younger individuals in recent times.
Universal-signed US pop star Taylor Swift lately had a few of her songs returned to TikTok forward of the discharge of her new album “The Tortured Poets Department”, as she – in contrast to most lesser-known musicians – owns the rights to all her new recordings.
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