Bang Infringed Music in Scores of TikTok Promo Vids, Court Says

Universal Music Corp. proved Bang Energy illegally used portions of their music in roughly 140 promotional TikTok videos, a Florida federal court ruled.

Vital Pharmaceuticals Inc., which operates as Bang, told the court it believed TikTok extended a license to use the music owned by various Universal entities. But “at most” that is “relevant to the issue of damages, not to the issue of liability,” the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida said Monday as it granted Universal partial summary judgment.

TikTok has deals with various music publishers that allow non-commercial users to use music in the ...