Look What You Made Her Do: The Sale of Taylor Swift's Masters
In June 2019, Taylor Swift was on top of the world. She was debuting her 7th studio album Lover to commercial success. This talented songwriter had recently left her original music label, Big Machine Records, with whom she released her 6 record breaking albums, to join Universal Music Group in November 2018. The offer gave her more freedom and control which Swift had long desired. Truth comes to light that Big Machine’s CEO, Scott Borschetta, Swift’s long time friend and business partner, conducted a secret deal to sell the label, including Swift's masters to someone she had bad blood with: Scooter Braun. Borschetta had previously promised Swift he would give her an opportunity to buy her masters, and had promised he wouldn’t do business with Braun. Now, Swift is lying on the cold hard ground and Team Taylor must figure out their next steps and, in doing so, make history in the world of music and copyright law.
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