Facebook signed on Thursday (21), a deal with the network of record labels Universal Music Group. According to Reuters, through the agreement users of the social network and also Instagram will be able to post videos including music to which Universal has the monopoly rights.
Prior to the deal, videos that contained music that Universal owned the rights to could be removed from the platform, so if a user posted a video of an event with Universal music in the background, the video could be removed. of the platform. Now, this will no longer occur, which should be very good for users' experience within the social network.
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It is worth mentioning that recent rumors indicated that YouTube would be negotiating with Universal, Sony and Warner to be able to launch a new music streaming service. Under the name "Remix", the service will be able to stream music as well as YouTube clips associated with such songs.
Universal will also have several advantages, according to Recode, for example, Facebook would have paid a very high amount of advance to the company. Apparently, Facebook is in an advantageous position in relation to Google, which could harm any negotiations with the company.
