More music leaving TikTok over Universal Music row

TikTok has started removing more music from its platform due to a royalties dispute with Universal Music Group (UMG). This includes songs by artists like Harry Styles and Adele, who have written with Universal-signed artists. The removal is due to “split copyrights”, where if a Universal-signed songwriter contributes even a small part to a song, the entire recording must be removed. This could result in up to 80% of all music on TikTok being muted. Universal’s music was licensed to TikTok until earlier this year, but the license lapsed after failing to reach an agreement over artist payments.

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