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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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[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)

No

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Fair use is context based. There is no simple yes or no answer.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

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