This chapter explores the importance of music on TikTok and highlights the licensing issues faced by the platform. It discusses the impact on creators and the potential conflict between TikTok and musicians, while also examining the value TikTok provides to the music industry and its negotiation with major labels.
Her label, Universal Media Group, pulled its entire catalog off TikTok. The Verge’s Nilay Patel explains why, and author Cory Doctorow says the app’s “enshittification” is inevitable.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Rob Byers, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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