• _number8_@lemmy.worldOP
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    9 months ago

    this is everything awful about the modern internet. i hate that they can just go and retroactively destroy creations like this. imagine if someone lost the rights to a song and they forced you to send the cassette back

      • Overzeetop@sopuli.xyz
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        9 months ago

        No, the music overlay music offered in the app is licensed and can be added. Creators who are performing covers, I believe, generally have the license held by TikTok or have their videos muted/taken offline. Special arrangements are made for intentional or encouraged content . That is a guess, but things like Megan Trainor’s “Gucci” where she is both the original artist and a participant would be a case like this. I would think Grace Kelly and sing alongs on arrangement-bound copyright material like Pentatonix doing public domain carols (or even Roger’s and Hammerstein) are negotiated licensing if outside of their pre-negotiated license.

      • Lightdm@feddit.de
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        9 months ago

        No, they just put it as background music in their videos, but didn’t actually pay for it. I would guess it constitutes fair use?

    • the post of tom joad@sh.itjust.works
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      9 months ago

      Copyright and ip laws are so fucked in favor of rent-seeking megacorps who hold their hands out expectantly for shit someone else created decades ago.

    • fishos@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Imagine comparing free social media to a physical copy of media that you purchased.

      Are you high?

        • Blueberrydreamer@lemmynsfw.com
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          9 months ago

          It’s only a ‘fair analogy’ if you’re comparing two things you own. You make videos for Tiktok. They own that content, not you.

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        9 months ago

        Maybe folks are gonna start learning that just because they made content for a service, doesn’t mean that they control it.