_number8_@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years 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-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up1182arrow-down110
arrow-up1172arrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square21linkfedilink
minus-square_number8_@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down12·2 years agothis is everything awful about the modern internet. i hate that they can just go and retroactively destroy creations like this. imagine if someone lost the rights to a song and they forced you to send the cassette back
minus-squaretabular@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 years agoI don’t use TikTok, do creators buy music fron TikTok to put in videos?
minus-squareLightdm@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down5·2 years agoNo, they just put it as background music in their videos, but didn’t actually pay for it. I would guess it constitutes fair use?
minus-squarefishos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down13·2 years agoImagine comparing free social media to a physical copy of media that you purchased. Are you high?
minus-squareDran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·2 years agoIt’s a fair analogy about the erosion of ownership
this is everything awful about the modern internet. i hate that they can just go and retroactively destroy creations like this. imagine if someone lost the rights to a song and they forced you to send the cassette back
I don’t use TikTok, do creators buy music fron TikTok to put in videos?
No, they just put it as background music in their videos, but didn’t actually pay for it. I would guess it constitutes fair use?
No
Imagine comparing free social media to a physical copy of media that you purchased.
Are you high?
It’s a fair analogy about the erosion of ownership