Songs from Adele, Green Day, R.E.M., Bob Dylan and others have been blocked by YouTube in a legal dispute with SESAC.

YouTube said it was "unable to reach an equitable agreement" with performing rights organization SESAC before their contract expired.

YouTube removes songs by Adele, Kanye West, and Bob Dylan due to expired licensing agreement with SESAC. Users face blocked content as platforms negotiate renewal terms.

YouTube and YouTube Music have removed numerous songs in the US due to a licensing dispute with SESAC, a performance rights organisation representing over 1.5 million songs from artists like Adele, Bob Dylan,

The blocks didn't affect all of these artists songs, but when users clicked to listen to some of them — like "Set Fire to the Rain" by Adele — they instead were met with a message that reads, "This video contains content from SESAC.

Songs by Bob Dylan, Adele, Green Day, Burna Boy and many others are unplayable on YouTube due to a legal dispute between the platform and SESAC.

Many hit songs are missing from YouTube and YouTube Music as it negotiates a new deal with the performing rights organization SESAC.

If you go to YouTube right now and search for the video for Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” it’s very likely that you won’t see footage of a power trio combining angst with distorted guitars. Instead,