Video-sharing app TikTok has applied to the British courts in an attempt to resolve one of several licensing battles it is currently engaged in.
In this instance, TikTok Inc has asked the U.K. Copyright Tribunal to intervene in its ongoing dispute over licensing terms with ICE, the joint venture pan-European online rights hub, operated by collection societies PRS for Music , STIM and GEMA .
A spokesperson for TikTok confirmed the platform has been in "active and extended negotiations with ICE" over its licensing terms, but that it had been unable to reach a deal. As such, it has asked the Copyright Tribunal to act "as a neutral third party to help us reach a reasonable outcome." ICE's statement reiterates its stance that organizations that "use and benefit from music must take out a licence" and that it was looking "forward to representing our rights holders' interests and securing appropriate value for the vast scale of usage of their repertoire on the platform."
TikTok's escalating row with the European rights hub comes as it tries to negotiate new license deals with labels and publishers. Until recently, TikTok used license deals that were grandfathered in when it acquired the start-up Musical.ly in late 2017, but according to industry sources those deals have all now expired and the company is using music under short-term extensions.
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