Will Taylor Swift be SUED for Re-Releasing Her Albums??

Very well done video. Made me realize how corrupt the music business is, and how brilliant Taylor Swift is.

It’s also noteworthy that Big Machine Records was literally nothing before Taylor. Scott Borchetta’s label was brand new and Taylor was the first person he signed to it. She trusted in him and made the label huge. The fact that they screwed her over after she built the label up is vile. This whole spiel is also proof that she writes her own music and lyrics. She couldn’t re record them if she didn’t.

Another good thing about her re-recordings is that IHeart Media (who own pretty much every radio station) have told Taylor that they will only play her new versions on all of their stations. Further making sure her original masters become obsolete.

In 2019´s was Taylor´s net worth around 400M dollars. At the beginning of 2023 her net worth was over 700M dollars. She made over 300M dollars in 4 years just from streams, sales and publishing, NO TOURING. As of late 2023 Taylor´s net worth is stated to be over 1B dollars and her current The Eras Tour is predicted to gross almost 2B dollars. This shows how much money you can make when you own your masters. Big Machine Records are complete losers, they made the worst possible enemy in Taylor. Taylor makes million and even billions of dollars while they get nothing. They could get so much money if they just let her do what she wanted.

The fact that this happens to a lot of artist but they were unheard of is sad. At least Taylor showed the industry's exploitive acts.

Music business is extremely rough, but it is great that most artists are recognizing what needs to be done to protect their future. People like Scooter Braun are those I do hope would go bankrupt over their poor treatment of rising stars.

I'm not a fan of Taylor Swift, but god damn I support her. Hopefully this makes the legal environment better for all musicians.

"I don't start sh*t, but I can tell you how it ends Don't get sad! Get even!"

I don't really care about Taylor's music, but I will always admire this badass power move.

Good thing my dad is a Lawyer, I make him go through any contract thag I have to sign and that man comes up with best loop holes (for me to use) and counter points to keep me safe.

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BMR control the master recording but Taylor is the songwriter and composer of every song so she has control over the publishing rights so the answer is no, they cant sue the creator. But if something like this would ever happen to another big artist who doesn't have any actually involvement in the creation of their discography then they cannot complain or do anything about it.

I'm an extreme swiftie but I never knew if it was legal (her rerecordings) but thanks to you I know Taylor won't be sued! Thanks Mike! Can't wait for reputation TV!!!

How is someone called scooter a bully I thought he would’ve been bullied with a name like that.

This re-recording (Taylor's Version) will leave a brilliant legacy in the history of music and will be studied by generations to come because of how massive, powerful, and successful it was.

Boy oh boy I wish I had this video five years ago. I got screwed over like this when I was an audio engineer, making patches and sounds with analog modular synths and DJing in my free time. I was just a kid, so I had no real money to get a lawyer to oversee all the paperwork, so I just went along with everything. I got to 10 thousand streams on spotify pretty quick, and I really think it would have worked out for me if I had kept going like that. I would have, but my label suddenly pulled out and took all my stuff down from spotify and stopped me from ever making music under my old name, in fact I don't even think I can associate it with my new persona or it'd be breaching contract even still. I started from rock bottom recently after years of local club DJing and I'm trying to relearn music production after like four years. Its crazy how little big companies care about you, even if it is your livelihood at stake. This was really helpful Mike, you've got yourself a new subscriber! I just wish could have seen this when I really needed it most.

The really really bad part was BMR sold it to someone else on purpose instead of selling it back to her. David Bowie is another really smart artists that manipulated the record companies to take back his music.

All this is true. Jojo had issues with her record company. They refused to release her 3rd album so she, before taylor, re-recorded all her old songs and released that 3rd album as she owned songwriting credits. It's all fd up.

Great video. Scares the hell out of us, even if we aren't performers.

I trust this dude more than saul goodman, the fact he is a lawyer is crazy