Bang Energy’s TikTok videos have violated UMG’s copyrights, a court has ruled.
“Copyright infringement is a strict liability offense, meaning the the copyright owner need not prove any knowledge or intent on the part of the defendant,” the judge wrote. “Accordingly, defendants’ argument that they believed that TikTok gave them a license to use plaintiffs’ copyrighted musical works is, at most, relevant to the issue of damages, not to the issue of liability.”
“The Bang Defendants brag loudly about the billions of views that their videos have received on TikTok, but have been silent since Plaintiffs demanded an explanation for the unauthorized use of Plaintiffs’ copyrighted musical works,” UMG wrote in its complaint.argued that it was their “understanding” that TikTok “provides use of these songs, and others, with a license to all of its members.” But as Judge Dimitrouleas wrote on Tuesday, the company didn’t dispute that the songs had been used.
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