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Universal Music says that it will pull its song catalog from TikTok tomorrow at midnight, as the companies are unable to reach a deal on rights. Huge implications. (twitter.com)
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[–] Syntha@sh.itjust.works 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)

In this case there is. Background music is not fair use.

[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And in many cases it's not. But not in all cases. For example, this sketch is a parody of this scene from the O. C.. It uses copyrighted music as background. Parody is fair use.

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