After signing the new licensing agreement, YouTube reinstates the videos of deleted music

YouTube reached a new deal with the music licensing group SESAC, restoring many popular songs recently removed from the platform. The sudden loss of tracks by artists like Adele and Nirvana over the weekend was brought about by an expired licensing deal. However, SESAC answered that YouTube took down the songs too soon because the previous agreement was not set to expire until October 1st.

SESAC, in a statement to The Verge: “We have come to a settlement agreement with YouTube to properly compensate our composers and publishers for their use of their compositions. But before the effective end of the license, YouTube acted unilaterally to delete works owned by our affiliates.” The group accounts for more than 15,000 songwriters and publishers for over 1.5 million songs and has been confirmed that YouTube has already started restoring the removed contents.

Although many songs are now restored to the video-sharing platform, not all music has made a comeback. Tracks like Adele’s “Hello” and Kanye West’s “Power” cannot be found yet within U.S. borders, but YouTube assuaged its users saying these videos will be back shortly.

Although the new deal between YouTube and SESAC does not say exactly how long that will be, fans do have reason to believe all removed music videos will be returned fully within two days.