scourge of generative AI for artists<\/a>. TikTok has committed to working with UMG to improve songwriter attribution and remove unauthorized AI-generated music from the platform, which has over a billion monthly active users. The two companies “will work together to ensure AI development across the music industry will protect human artistry and the economics that flow to those artists and songwriters,” today’s press release reads.<\/p>\nAs part of the deal, they will also work together to establish “new monetization opportunities” and develop campaigns to support UMG’s artists by virtue of TikTok’s business model.<\/p>\n
“This new chapter in our relationship with TikTok focuses on the value of music, the primacy of human artistry and the welfare of the creative community,” said\u00a0Sir Lucian Grainge, Chairman and CEO of Universal Music Group.\u00a0“We look forward to collaborating with the team at TikTok to further the interests of our artists and songwriters and drive innovation in fan engagement while advancing social music monetization.”<\/p>\n
“Music is an integral part of the TikTok ecosystem and we are pleased to have found a path forward with Universal Music Group,” added TikTok CEO Shou Chew. “We are committed to working together to drive value, discovery and promotion for all of UMG\u2019s amazing artists and songwriters, and deepen their ability to grow, connect and engage with the TikTok community.”<\/p>\n
UMG and TikTok are now “working expeditiously” to reinstate the former’s music on the latter’s social media platform “in due course.”<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the fate of TikTok hangs in the balance after President Joe Biden signed a bill <\/strong>that will ban the app in the U.S. unless its\u00a0Chinese-owned\u00a0parent company, ByteDance, sells it to an approved buyer. TikTok reportedly plans to challenge the bill in court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The feud between TikTok and Universal Music Group over a\u00a0hostile […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/orangefiles.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/orangefiles.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/orangefiles.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orangefiles.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orangefiles.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/orangefiles.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":428,"href":"http:\/\/orangefiles.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427\/revisions\/428"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orangefiles.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/orangefiles.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orangefiles.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orangefiles.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}