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YouTube Blocks Songs From Adele, Bob Dylan, Green Day & More In SESAC Dispute
Songs from Adele, Green Day, R.E.M., Bob Dylan and others have been blocked by YouTube in a legal dispute with SESAC.
Just as with Universal Music Group’s dispute with TikTok earlier this year, which resulted in four million songs from artists like Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny and Adele being pulled from the social media platform for months, SESAC and YouTube have not reached a deal agreement on renewal terms. Thus, SESAC is within its purview to block public performances of music, from streaming to radio play, though this is often hard to enforce. Numerous Reddit threads popped up as users shared their frustration over being unable to stream their favorite tunes, with the issue seemingly beginning earlier today.
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