West Berkshire Council pulled a promotional video using a Justin Bieber track after a member of the public pointed out it didn't have the rights. Ben Holden-Crowther raised the official TikTok post during public questions at full council.
The post, which promoted the council's newsletter with the tag line 'If Justin loves it, then you will too', has been removed.
"West Berkshire Council takes copyright and intellectual property matters seriously and seeks to ensure that content is created and shared in accordance with the relevant legal and platform requirements," said the council
"As a matter of good practice, we've removed the video whilst we review the issue which has been raised.
"The council does not routinely purchase licences for commercial music.
"Our only regular spend is an annual subscription to a royalty-free music library, which costs less than £300 per year."
Niki Hinman, Local Democracy Reporter
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