Music companies and artists earn royalty payments when their songs are played on streaming and social media platforms. On TikTok, they are used as backing music to the videos uploaded to the site. But there has long been unease about how little the platforms pay, which in this case developed into a major and very public disagreement. TikTok has removed music by stars including Taylor Swift, The Weeknd and Olivia Rodrigo from videos after a row with their record label, Universal Music Group (UMG). What is your take on the Tiktok Move ?

