TikTok users will no longer be able to create videos with songs from Taylor Swift, boygenius and other Universal Music Group artists as contract negotiations between the two companies have collapsed.
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00:00 TikTok users will no longer be able to create videos with songs from Taylor Swift, Boy Genius,
00:07 and other Universal Music Group artists, as contract negotiations between the two companies
00:12 have collapsed.
00:13 TikTok's access to Universal's expansive roster of artists ended Wednesday, January
00:18 31, after months of negotiations failed to yield a new agreement.
00:23 TikTok has begun muting short videos featuring the label's artists.
00:28 Universal is asking TikTok to compensate artists at a rate equal to what other social media
00:33 platforms pay.
00:34 It adds, TikTok is allowing the platform to be "flooded with recordings generated by
00:40 artificial intelligence, diluting the royalty pool for artists."
00:44 It also raised concerns about problematic content such as sexualized images of Billie
00:49 Eilish, which reportedly went viral and was seen by millions before it was removed.
00:54 TikTok declined to comment.
00:56 [Music]