@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 8 months agoUniversal 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.commessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1323arrow-down118
arrow-up1305arrow-down1external-linkUniversal 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@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 8 months agomessage-square74fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish11•8 months agoNo, they just put it as background music in their videos, but didn’t actually pay for it. I would guess it constitutes fair use?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish54•8 months agoLuckily, copyright law is based on guesses!
minus-squareFaceDeerlinkfedilink12•8 months agoFair use is context based. There is no simple yes or no answer.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish18•8 months agoIn this case there is. Background music is not fair use.
minus-squareFaceDeerlinkfedilink3•8 months agoAnd 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.
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?
Luckily, copyright law is based on guesses!
No
Fair use is context based. There is no simple yes or no answer.
In this case there is. Background music is not fair use.
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.