TikTok limiting users from using certain commercial tracks in its app in Australia as a ‘test’ was guaranteed to go down badly with labels. Now Australian industry body ARIA has voiced its unhappiness. “After exploiting artists’ content and relationships with fans to build the platform, TikTok now seeks to rationalise cutting artists’ compensation by staging a ‘test’ of music’s role in content discovery,” said CEO Annabelle Herd in a statement yesterday.
Source: Australian music body ARIA criticises TikTok over music test – Music Ally