TikTok Starts Clearing And Whispering All Songs Related To Universal Music Group

JAKARTA - After a royalty-related dispute in January, TikTok was finally forced to remove millions of songs from artists who signed with Universal Music Group.

UMG has also recently pulled footage of TikTok's or distributed including songs from Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, and The Weeknd. The deadlock now has an impact on UMG-issued songs.

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"We are in the process of implementing Universal Music Group requirements to remove all songs that have been written (or written together) by the songwriter who signed with Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), based on the information they provide," TikTok wrote in its latest announcement on X on Thursday, February 29.

So, due to a problem called separate copyright, if the author signed the UMPG has contributed to a song in any way, the song should also be removed from TikTok.

Their actions not only have an impact on the songwriters and artists they represent, but now also have an impact on many artists and songwriters who do not sign with Universal, "continued TikTok.

Thus, songs from artists who have collaborated with Taylor Swift, Adele, Justin Bieber, Mariah Carey, Ice Spice, Elton John, Harry Styles, and SZA, will disappear from TikTok.

Meanwhile, videos using these songs will be muted by TikTok. This move will prevent more artists from bringing their works into the most important platform to promote music.

However, TikTok admits that it remains committed to reaching a fair agreement with Universal Music Group.

Meanwhile, music lovers can continue to enjoy, discover, and share millions of songs from artists, songwriters, and labels on TikTok, and we will continue to connect all artists including those whose music is currently unavailable on our platform to their fans." close that statement.