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Forgive me if I'm totally wrong, but it's copyright law, right? TikTok lets you put current popular music on the videos without a care for copyright, correct?
by Balgair 4y ago
Forgive me if I'm totally wrong, but it's copyright law, right?
TikTok lets you put current popular music on the videos without a care for copyright, correct? As they are Chinese, they don;t really care about any lawsuits. The same is not true for US based companies, thus they don't have as good of music on it.
Also, again, sorry if I totally wrong here!
- anomie31 4y agoI'm pretty sure ByteDance does license music. I don't know if they license all of it, but I'm pretty sure the RIAA or ASCAP could easily get an injunction if they didn't license any music that was theirs.
- ajhurliman 4y agoThey do license the music, it's very ham-fisted though. They just pay out huge lump-sums to keep PROs happy. I've heard they're trying to build something more sophisticated like YouTube's Content ID system to get more accurate numbers on who/how much they should be paying.
- powerapple 4y agoTikTok pays a lot money for the popular music, they are all licensed so users can use them for free. New artists make more money on TikTok than other platforms. https://social.techjunkie.com/how-does-tik-tok-use-music-legally/ https://social.techjunkie.com/how-does-tik-tok-use-music-leg... I am expecting TikTok to release a music app in the future since they have already paid for the music.