Universal Music Group threatens to pull millions of songs from TikTok in rights dispute

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Millions of songs could disappear from TikTok after the world's biggest music company, Universal Music Group (UMG), accused the social media platform of bullying it into an unfair deal.

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00:00 Fans of Taylor Swift and other top artists may soon not be able to access their songs

00:06 on TikTok because of a dispute between Universal Music Group and the social media platform.

00:12 UMG has accused TikTok of trying to bully it into accepting what it says is a bad deal

00:18 on music rights fees.

00:20 The current deal was set to expire within 24 hours of the online statement, and the

00:25 music publisher said it would withdraw all its songs unless it receives an improved offer.

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