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UMG’s TikTok Licensing Feud: Music Industry Reactions (Updating)


As the music giant’s catalog leaves TikTok, other music businesses and organizations are offering their takes on the unfolding situation.

That day, UMG released another statement calling TikTok’s view on music licensing “woefully outdated.” “TikTok didn’t even attempt to address the other issues we raised regarding harmful AI and platform safety,” the statement continued. We have seen other social media platforms make the mistake of claiming promotion should substitute for fair compensation.

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