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Just now, Badgalbriel said:

But her tour performances are not licensed. You don't need to pay to record an artist singing live. 

Yes, you have to pay/get a license to distribute a live recording. Songwriters/ artists don't lose their rights when they sing live. Distributing a live performances violate both the performers' and songwriter's copyright.  That's why live performances get taken down frequently on youtube once detected. (see how surprise performance recordings were usually taken down within 24 hours)

 

Tiktok got an exception due to the contract with UMG which they have now lost.

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Don't think this will work tbh. Even if they take down all official uploads, the random fanmade sounds (sped up, slowed, nightcore, etc) will remain there, no? Like Rihanna doesn't have her catalog on TikTok but her songs still go viral thanks to those.

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2 minutes ago, State of Grace. said:

Don't think this will work tbh. Even if they take down all official uploads, the random fanmade sounds (sped up, slowed, nightcore, etc) will remain there, no? Like Rihanna doesn't have her catalog on TikTok but her songs still go viral thanks to those.

It will be Tiktok's duty to take them down elsewise they are violating Amercan copyright law which has severe penalties if taken to court. They will have to use a content id like google. 

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1 hour ago, Kiss It Better said:

do independent artists like Tinashe get affected? cause if not then maybe tiktok will finally use her music instead :duca:

Needs could finally go Top 10, omg!

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oh wow make room for the indie girls like Tinashe, Raye and Megan :clap3:

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So dumb

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Will Jiafei and Cupcakke remixes be affected? :ohwow:

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if BMG, Warner and Sony do the same move, it might be over for music TikTok I fear

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I think this will hurt UMG more than it would hurt TikTok..

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bad idea. 

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I don't understand. 

 

YouTubers can't even hum a song without getting demonetized. Popular music is all over Tiktok.

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I wonder if this is a counteraction to forcibly draw listeners to new(er) music instead of constantly discovering old music and stream that instead

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6 minutes ago, P.O.P said:

I don't understand. 

 

YouTubers can't even hum a song without getting demonetized. Popular music is all over Tiktok.

I think there's a new policy in Youtube shorts where creators can use copyrighted music, and still get payed (obviously way less, but still).

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Olivia is over omg :hippo:

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Seems like a poor choice when TikTok is the way for promotion now

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A good move tbh. these 15 seconds viral clips were killing musical creativity. 

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I think this was a good decision from UMG. They’re palying the long game.

 

Tik Tok isn’t a threat as long as it makes people stream or buy music elsewhere. I don’t believe the royalty issue is the real problem here, it’s the fact that Tiktok is working to replace artists altogether.
 

Tiktok “demanded a contractual right which would allow [AI] content to massively dilute the royalty pool for human artists” while “developing tools to enable, promote and encourage AI music creation on the platform itself,” which UMG states is “nothing short of sponsoring artist replacement by AI.

 

UMG is gonna lose the short term battle when pulling out, but they’re fighting for the future existence of their company and all artists. They know AI is gonna be everywhere soon, this is a step in the right direction to ensure that human-created music is still profitable 10 years from now.

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Good. I hope they end TikTok and all the TikTokers. 

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Pop stars are gonna have to start promoting the old fashioned way again THANK YOU LORD

 

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3 hours ago, theweekend said:

if BMG, Warner and Sony do the same move, it might be over for music TikTok I fear

It will make it easier for independent artists to have music that blows up 

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6 minutes ago, MatiRod said:

It will make it easier for independent artists to have music that blows up 

which is great. I do really want lots of artists leave those record labels, but we really don't know how strong their lobby is to ban TikTok from US. that would be a huge lash on TikTok.

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9 hours ago, KingWitch said:

But how is Adele involved? She's signed to Columbia which is owned by Sony? It has nothing to do with UMG. 

A record label and a music publisher are two different things. She has a publishing deal with UMG as a songwriter. 

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9 hours ago, Kiss It Better said:

do independent artists like Tinashe get affected? cause if not then maybe tiktok will finally use her music instead :duca:

Tinashe has 71 songs in the UMPG catalog. So yes.

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On the surface this seems like a simple case of UMG leveraging Taylor Swift to squeeze more cash.

 

If TikTok has a deal in place with all other major labels then it shouldn't be that hard for UMG to do the same thing.

 

But they want more — and they have the hottest property in their roster so they are leveraging that. 

 

Let's see if they can get away with it

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Thank God they only represent half of Mariah's career. 

 

8 studio albums - Sony

6 studio albums - UMG

1 studio album - Virgin /EMI (but Mariah fully own Glitter herself now). 

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