TikTok responds to Universal Music Group's statement: "TikTok has been able to reach 'artist-first' agreements with every other label and publisher."
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TikTok has responded to Universal Music Group's open letter to artists and songwriters. In their official statement, TikTok expressed their dismay...
    • Eggyhead
      52•5 months ago

      I’m more inclined to believe both parties are the bad guys here. The only good guys are the musicians stuck in the middle.

    • @small44English
      11•5 months ago

      You are assuming that bad guys can’t fight other bad guys

      • Che BananaEnglish
        32•5 months ago

        Probably because they have been around long enough to read and see the news/information about how predatory the business is… do you really need citations?

      • @rockSlayerEnglish
        35•5 months ago

        When has the music industry done literally anything that benefited artists or consumers?

  • @gmtomEnglish
    9•5 months ago

    Lmao this is horseshit. Tiktok is incredibly infamous in the industry for how shit their deals are, but labels put up with it because they know songs getting popular on ticktock drive streams and views on other platforms.

    Like seriously not even the artists behind the most played songs on tiktok are making much money off their “”“artist first”“” deals.