TikTok Faces Backlash as Top Artists Pull Their Music Over AI and Copyright Concerns
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TikTok is losing access to music from top artists like Taylor Swift, BTS, and Drake due to a dispute with Universal Music Group.
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UMG is upset over TikTok's AI features generating infringing content, inadequate copyright protections, and poor compensation for artists.
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UMG specifically calls out pornographic deepfakes and an AI-generated song imitating Drake and The Weeknd as problematic issues.
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UMG tried negotiating with TikTok but claims the platform responded with "indifference" and then tried intimidating UMG.
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This follows UMG's previous battles against AI-infringing content, like an AI song imitating Drake and The Weeknd that kept evading takedowns.