The issue stems from a licensing dispute between YouTube and SESAC, the Society of European Stage Authors and Composers, a performing rights organization that licenses over 1.5 million songs from ...

Update, September 30, 4:30PM ET: YouTube says it has reached a deal with SESAC, and that the affected songs will be returning ...

"This video contains content from SESAC," reads YouTube's notice. "It is not available in your country." SEE ALSO: TikTok Music is finally shutting down SESAC is a music licensing organisation ...

Last fall, songs by Adele, Nirvana, Bob Dylan, Green Day and more artists were blocked for several days on YouTube in the U.S. over a dispute with performing rights organization SESAC before the ...