Taylor Swift, The Weeknd, Adele… Maybe you listen to songs and ban them on TikTok?

For TikTok users, anonymous people and celebrities such as Princess Charlotte or some politicians, the first of February came as a complete surprise. Indeed, when Internet users realize that certain chansons are also available on the platform and are available for several videos left published, Beaucoup ont cru à un simple bug, comme lorsque le compte d’un célèbre man politique avait été banni. Mais il n’en était Rien… Comme l’ont rapporté nos confrères du Figaro January 31, quoted in a letter published by the Universal Music group, promoted by a publication on X (anciennement Twitter): There was a break in negotiations between the TikTok platform and UMG, the previous license expired on January 31, which is the source of the problem. To see that rage does not interfere with two actors in a conflict, tout laisse à thinker qu’aucun compromis ne pourra être trouvé dans un futur immédiat…

In fact, achievement points are named between a music genre and a platform with over a billion users. A fundamental refusal to remunerate artists under a UMG license to use music, but nothing more. “Online user safety and protecting artists from risks created by artificial intelligence” He is equal to this, he belongs to the house of discs. Alors que TikTok announced its existence “It is cowardly and sad that Universal Music Group ait fait passer sa propre cupidité avant les intérêts de ses Artists”music genre blames vuloir platform “Use force to harm vulnerable artists and essayer de nous intimidate so that we accept force to accept a bad agreement.”

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Send announcements to the house of discs, the shape of the plate in the success of TikTok does not represent the environment 1% of the heads of public affairs: pas de quoi la faire trembler sur sa base… Par contre, pour le géant chinois, la disparition The entire Universal Music catalog is a rigid coupe , which means that the names of the currently most popular artists are not the most accessible to their users. from Taylor Swift to The Weeknd, on the pass Ariana GrandeAdele, Billie Eilish and etc. Bob Dylaneven though such mythical groups as the Beatles or U2… Want to return TikTok to a copy? In addition to accusations against the platform“an essay on building a music-based enterprise without paying a fair price for music”There is a universal call for better control of artificial intelligence sources and actions to combat violations of the rights of creative people.

This article was written in collaboration with 6Medias.

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