PARIS: A trade group representing French authors and screenwriters said Thursday that it had launched legal action against Chinese social media group TikTok over alleged copyright infringements.
The Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers (SACD), a non-profit collective which represents around 60,000 writers for cinema, TV, theatre and comedy shows, said it had filed a suit in Paris.
“TikTok has, for many years, been using protected works from the SACD repertoire without any authorisation and has never offered acceptable compensation for the authors of these works, nor has it removed the works we asked it to,” the SACD said in a statement sent to AFP.