WASHINGTON(February 1, 2024)—Major musicians and producers may have their music taken off TikTok. NPR explains, “Universal Music Group has threatened to remove all of the music it owns from TikTok, unless the streaming platform agrees to more favorable terms for its vast catalog.”
For more context on the matter, please consider Robert Brauneis, Michael J. McKeon Professor of Intellectual Property Law; Co-Director of the Intellectual Property Law Program; Co-Director of the Dean Dinwoodey Center for Intellectual Property Studies; Member, Managing Board, Munich Intellectual Property Law Center and the George Washington University Law School. Professor Brauneis is an expert on copyright, trademark, property and constitutional law. He is the co-author of a leading casebook on copyright law, as well as numerous articles.
On this specific issue, Professor Brauneis sat down with GW Media Relations Specialist Shannon Mitchell to share his thoughts on challenges in Intellectual Property Law, which can be viewed here.
If you would like to speak with Professor Robert Brauneis, please contact Shannon at shannon [dot] mitchell
gwu [dot] edu (shannon[dot]mitchell[at]gwu[dot]edu).
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