[zinekeller]

The problem is that Universal is the owner of the copyrights (including the lyrical and syncronisation copyrights), and this is DMCA we're talking about. This would end up differently in Europe or UK (the original authors are irrevocably entitled to some percentage of the revenue, typically 5%) but DMCA is based on American laws (which do not have these protections).

[mnd999]

Right but surely his recording contract with Universal would allow him to perform his songs.

[aidenn0]

Probably live performances, but not on video recording

[colejohnson66]

Genuine question: where’s the line? Because he’s still playing it live (live streaming). Is it just the act of being recorded?

[zinekeller]

In a commercial context?

[est31]

Maybe even in a commercial context. In fact it's quite likely that concerts get treated specially. The issue is, these automated censorship tools don't encode the nuanced clauses of such contracts. They err on the side of banning, even if it's perfectly legitimate.

Also IMO in the digital age it's so stupid that teachers can't even read a book to children via Zoom without a license...

[wbl]

Concerts are commercial contexts.