News May 26, 2026

TikTok’s new UMG deal cracks down on unauthorised GenAI music

It’s just over two years since Universal Music Group and TikTok renewed their licensing deal after a damaging (and public) fall-out over terms, as well as UMG’s claim that TikTok was “flooded with AI-generated recordings”. That appears to have been a two-year agreement, because late last week the tw

Originally published by Music Ally
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TikTok’s new UMG deal cracks down on unauthorised GenAI music