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.

• 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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      • FaceDeer@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        And in many cases it's not. But not in all cases. For example, this sketch is a parody of this scene from the O. C.. It uses copyrighted music as background. Parody is fair use.

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