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A LEGAL TAKE ON TAYLOR SWIFT'S TRIAL RUN

Taylor Swift was fearless and faced her white horse and she is not sorry. The way we loved her remakes on her albums makes us realize that this nightmare can be dressed like a daydream or a love story beteween her fans and herself, this radical change its untouchable. Taylor's music belongs to her and only her, she writes songs about her own personal life ever since she was fifteen, in fact the day the singer decided to sue Big Machine record was the best day, foerver and always, now that she owns the art she created.


Even if it was a death b y a thouasand cuts, she forget Scooter Braun existed that cruel summer. Miss americana battle the heartbreak prince, the man behind this con so that soon she will get better.


Lets tis the damn season and forget about our problems underneath a willow, con artits like them must tolearte, evn if they think that idf there is no body, there is no crime. Long story short, the closure its evermore mean and we know it all too well.


Hey Scooter, dear cons, the story of us ends here, sparks are abour to fly, cause rthe queen went back to december to speak now, and there is nothing she does better than revenge. Long live, the inocent but haunted fear that turn us swifties.


They should have said no from the outside. Theres a place in this world where the treardrops on taylors guitar are a picture to burn, but ours, its as invisible and as cold as you. This is her trying on a cardigan, the 1 exile under the mirrorball in august through an epiphany at peace by and invisible string andf illlicit affairs. Not only this is her trying, but shes not a mad woman, she is an outspoken harworking person whos claiming her rights.


Are you ready for it( this delicate and gorgeous dress never goes pout of style, neither does taylors hits, they are end game. She didingt do anything bad, so dont blame her, look what you make her do with the king of her heart, aka her albums, she danced with her hands tied in a getaway car on new years day, so call it whagt you want it but this iks why we cant have nice things, darling. So it goes, Welcome to m y legal analysis on Taylor swifts legal matter concerning her own music. Shaking off the bad blood and trhe bricks the clean hy throw at her.


Nothings new, i bet you think about 22 reasons why this treacherous state of grace was trouble trouble trouble. The last time this holy ground came from starlight to being the sad beautiful tragic story of the lucky one, but everything has cjhaneged, and i watch it begin again




When an artist signs a recording contract, two types of copyrightable content are created as a result of the contract: songs and sound recordings, both of which are known as "masters." If an artist writes their own songs, like Taylor Swift does, the composers' copyright in the songs might be preserved or transferred to a music publishing business. This music publishing company is frequently linked to the record label. The record company, on the other hand, always owns the "masters," or sound recordings. This is because they provide a monetary base to the recording artist called a "advance," which the musician uses to fund the recording. The record deal will state that the artist's sound recordings belong to the record corporation either as "work made for hire" or as a copyright assignment.


Back in 2005, the star signed with Big Machine Records, a recording company that specialized in country music. That contract had an expiration date til 2018, she actually retained the copyright and ownership of her six albums but as the regular practice in the music industry, BMR upfronts the cash to pay for the recording of the album, the studio ntime, the distribution, the marketing,m the printing, etc. So in exchange for all of this, previously mentioned, the record company, owns the masters even if the singer herself, owns the music she created. Hows that possible? There is a princiupale in copyright law where there is a distinction between the copyright and the material object. This finds support under US law with 17 US code section 202 which states that ownership of a copyright or any of the exclusive rights under a copyright is distinct from the ownership of any matertial object, in which the work is embodied.

She was refused the right to buy the ownership oif her masters and never reach an agreement with Scooter Braun's investors which led to now. Still, he sold it to Shamrock Holdings and he retained leftover material belonging to Big Machoine Records which holds artists like Tim Mc Graw. With this re-recordings she gains control of her songs, so there's now a quagmire that they are not one but two version s of this songs.


As you know, back in the 80s, Michael Jackson was able to buy and have control of some of The Beatles songs, though he had nothing to do with thre composintion of them. Some of the most legendatry names of music had been screwed by terrible deals. Bad contracts and greedy labels have left artists broke (like Rick James) while companies made millions.

Well, we can look to another example.Like Swift, Prince signed his first music deal as a teenager. He gave Warner Bros. ownership over his entire back catalog. Prince eventually sued and changed his name to a symbol to try and stop the company from profiting on his name and eventually hoarded his music to prevent corporations from taking control of his work.

Similarly, Paul McCartney lost control of the Beatles' catalog in the 1960s and has worked for decades to get the rights to his original Beatles recordings, and that project is still ongoing. And in this context, Swift's bold decision to rerecord her albums and reclaim the value of her own music will influence every artist of her generation and for generations to come. Understanding music law is essential for any musician or songwriter.Overall this changed the way music gets made and that the artists are able to monetize the art they create.


Her eras are so iconic that even 10 years after the release of red, she had her starbucks coffee and the queen of marketing understood the assigmanet, with Blake Lively directing a music video and even her directing the short film. She truly is a mastermind.

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