https://www.fastcompany.com/91023824/tiktok-napster-moment-umg
"Last week, Universal Music Group (UMG) pulled their catalog from TikTok. In an
instant, videos that once were soundtracked to the voices of Taylor Swift and
Post Malone fell silent. And now, not even the artists themselves can share
their music on the app.
In an open letter published last week, UMG placed the bulk of the blame on
concerns about artificial intelligence. “TikTok is allowing the platform to be
flooded with AI-generated recordings—as well as developing tools to enable,
promote and encourage AI music creation on the platform itself,” the
corporation wrote, going so far as to accuse the short-form video app of
“sponsoring artist replacement by AI” (a charge that’s more than a little
strange, considering, as
The Verge reported, UMG has an AI music agreement
already in place with YouTube.)
But we’ve seen this before. For the past 25 years, the web has been caught in a
push-and-pull cycle between copyright holders and streaming platforms. And
every time a crackdown like this happens, it only results in three things: More
piracy, ironically enough, a worse environment for fans, and more hoops for
smaller artists to jump through. The end of TikTok’s audio golden age is
already shaping up to be no different."
Via
Garbage Day: The end of TikTok’s audio golden age
https://www.garbageday.email/p/end-tiktoks-audio-golden-age
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
