The partnership agreement accounts for music usage on a go forward basis from May 1, 2019. There is also a settlement agreement for past music usage prior to May 1, 2019 on the TikTok platform which includes when the platform was previously known as Musical.ly.
CMRRA’s licence covers the reproductions made by TikTok of user videos on the service, as well as the provision of a music library for users to add sound recordings (embodying represented musical works) into user-generated video creations.
