The Legal Provision That Could Get Taylor Swift Her Masters Back
In today’s video, we’ll be talking about Taylor Swift’s masters dispute, musical copyrights, and termination rights. This video is the first in our Artist Case Studies series where we’ll use a larger artist to highlight or explain a topic that is valuable to artists of any size.
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Chapters:
Why Taylor Swift Doesn't Own Her Masters: 00:52
Types of Copyrights in Music: 03:21
Termination Rights: 05:05
Potential Complications: 07:11
Taylor Swift's Position: 08:41
When Each Album Could Be Terminated: 10:45
Sources highlighted in the video (by order of appearance):
Intro
https://www.billboard.com/pro/scooter-braun-acquires-taylor-swift-big-machine-catalog-timeline/#!
https://pitchfork.com/news/taylor-swifts-music-ownership-controversy-with-scooter-braun-what-it-means-and-why-it-matters/
Why Taylor Swift Doesn’t Own Her Masters
https://www.thecut.com/2019/11/taylor-swift-scooter-braun-justin-bieber-feud-explained.html
https://www.billboard.com/pro/taylor-swift-masters-artists-ownership-labels-rights-prince/
https://taylorswift.tumblr.com/post/185958366550/for-years-i-asked-pleaded-for-a-chance-to-own-my
https://www.bigmachinelabelgroup.com/so-its-time-some-truth/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/taylor-swift-moving-to-regain-control-of-her-catalog-by-re-recording-masters-of-prior-songs/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB1nyP_O7II
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-11-16/taylor-swift-master-recordings-catalog-sold-scooter-braun
https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/news/taylor-swift-scooter-braun-shamrock-investment-1091308/
https://twitter.com/taylorswift13/status/1328471874318311425
https://www.reddit.com/r/TaylorSwift/comments/jvhy9a/statement_from_shamrock_holdings_the_buyer_of/
Termination Rights
All You Need to Know About the Music Business (10th Edition) by Don Passman
Potential Complications
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/village-peoples-victor-willis-wins-huge-rights-reversion-case-over-ymca-1097011/#
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2019/05/07/universal-music-group-v-copyright-act/
https://www.loeb.com/en/insights/publications/2020/04/waite--v-universal-music-group
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-paulmccartney/paul-mccartney-settles-with-sony-atv-over-beatles-music-rights-idUSKBN19L2ET/
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/capitol-records-settles-musicians-copyright-termination-claim
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/musicians-attack-sonys-refusal-of-copyright-termination-rights-1
Taylor Swift’s Position
https://www.mcbrayerfirm.com/blogs-intellectual-property-blog,taylor-swift-music-copyright-law
https://www.billboard.com/pro/taylor-swift-attorney-don-passman-buy-masters-big-machine/
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/15/i-made-my-peace-fans-divided-over-taylor-swifts-re-recording-project
https://www.reddit.com/r/TaylorSwift/comments/10ed5vf/do_you_still_listen_to_old_versions_or_did_you/
https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/taylor-swift-rerecording-albums-masters-fearless-b928211.html
https://variety.com/2020/music/news/taylor-swift-masters-shamrock-scooter-braun-1234836271/
https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/22/entertainment/scooter-braun-instagram-taylor-swift-death-threats/index.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ellK-CXh7B4
https://twitter.com/cheriehu42/status/1226916826782863360
Background videos used:
"Welcome to New York"
TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR Concert Film Official Trailer
"Lavender Haze"
"Bejeweled"
"Anti-Hero"
"willow"
"cardigan"
"I Bet You Think About Me"
Music used in video:
Kate Grahn - Do I Like Him (Or Is He Just Ignoring Me) - https://thmatc.co/?l=FD288F4C
Thumbnail Photo Credit:
Paolo Villanueva on IG and YouTube as @itspaolopv
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