Comment on 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.

• Lightdm@feddit.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  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?

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  • PapaStevesy@midwest.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Luckily, copyright law is based on guesses!

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  • ARNiM@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No

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    • FaceDeer@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Fair use is context based. There is no simple yes or no answer.

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      • Syntha@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        In this case there is. Background music is not fair use.

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• Overzeetop@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No, the music overlay music offered in the app is licensed and can be added. Creators who are performing covers, I believe, generally have the license held by TikTok or have their videos muted/taken offline. Special arrangements are made for intentional or encouraged content . That is a guess, but things like Megan Trainor’s “Gucci” where she is both the original artist and a participant would be a case like this. I would think Grace Kelly and sing alongs on arrangement-bound copyright material like Pentatonix doing public domain carols (or even Roger’s and Hammerstein) are negotiated licensing if outside of their pre-negotiated license.

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