Universal Music Group Removes Songs from TikTok: More Bad News |
TikTok has started to remove songs published by Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) due to an ongoing licensing dispute with its parent company, Universal Music Group (UMG). A report has said that the short video format platform is losing more songs than anticipated, following the removal of songs owned or distributed by UMG in January.A report by TechCrunch said that the removal affected all songs written or co-written by songwriters signed to UMPG, regardless of who owns the recording. This means even songs by artists on other labels could be impacted if they contain UMPG-controlled compositions.Videos using impacted songs will…