Tik Tok responds to Universal Music Group's statement: "TikTok has been able to reach 'artist-first' agreements with every other label and publisher."
https://www.bandwagon.asia/articles/tiktok-responds-to-universal-music-group-statement-contract-renewal-negotiations-expire-agreement-umg-january-2024
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darkmatternoodlecow@programming.dev · 64 pts · 2y
Eggyhead@kbin.social · 52 pts · 2y
I'm more inclined to believe both parties are the bad guys here. The only good guys are the musicians stuck in the middle.
small44@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
You are assuming that bad guys can't fight other bad guys
darkmatternoodlecow@programming.dev · 1 pts · 2y
small44@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
I have a dislike for any party that are profiting from artists
johannes@lemmy.jhjacobs.nl · -1 pts · 2y
On what is that opinion based? Curiously genuine question
Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml · 32 pts · 2y
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?
powerage@lemmy.ml · -12 pts · 2y
rockSlayer@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 2y
When has the music industry done literally anything that benefited artists or consumers?
dynamojoe@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
let_them_fight.gif
gmtom@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
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.