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Universal 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)
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[–] 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I don't understand. Isn't TikTok a video making platform? What catalogue...?

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  • [–] 39 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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