A record label took away all of his past Taylor Swift, she lost the job she did on her first six albums that catapulted her to success, but by raising her voice and making visible what’s going on within the record labels, she became one of the few artists who managed to master everything and to own what he does.
Andrea Pastor, attorney and specialist in entertainment law and music industry, explains that Swift, who is currently signed with Universal music In the US, she will be the owner of her master’s degrees at the end of her contract, although she negotiated with the record company that she would in return provide a license or temporary authorization so they can use her songs.
“When she signs with Universal, she says, ‘I had to make a sacrifice, give up my past and see my future’ because of her album Lover she owns everything, which is an unprecedented demand, only artists like she can make it. contracts like that ”.
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But what happened to Taylor?
According to Pastor, who worked in Capitol Records, an American record label owned by Universal Music Group when Taylor signed with them, notes that in the world of record labels, there are on the one hand copyrights to the lyrics and music of the songs, and on the other, interpretation, that in slang is called a master’s degree.
“When you sign a record deal, the industry standard label asks that everything you record, all the gigs, come from the label, so all those Taylor albums one through six (the masters) are from Big Machine Records, with whom he signed when he started his career.
“For the music and lyrics part, Taylor signed with Sony / ATV Music Publishing, they had the author part. The controversy arose with the record company that had its masters ”.
300 MILLION DOLLARS it was the sale of the masters of his first six albums.
It all started, he says, when Swift was about to sign with Big Machine Records, owned by Scott Borchetta; To stay with him, she asked for the master’s title to be returned and he said yes, as long as he signed a new contract, and for every new album he released, he would return one.
“But Taylor said, ‘no thanks, I better go with another label’ and that’s how he signed with Universal.”
The lawyer explains that Big Machine Records was later taken over by Scooter Braun, who accused Taylor of creating him bullying
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“For her it was a twofold problem: that she could not regain ownership of her master’s degrees and that her work was sold to a person with whom she does not get along well.”
As if that wasn’t enough, Scooter in turn sold Taylor’s records to Shamrock Holdings for more than $ 300 million without being notified.
But now that the contract with Big Machine Records has expired, he is free to re-record his records without Scooter, despite owning those productions, and can use them as he will not have the rights to the lyrics and music.
“Taylor is blocking all these people from his old label and anyone who has his past masters,” adds the lawyer.
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OTHER LEGAL SUITS FOR HIS SONGS
Prince He changed his name to Love Symbol in the 1990s when he fought Warner. In 2014 he regained the rights to his catalog. 
Bob Dylan He lost the rights to several songs, including “Blowin ‘in the Wind,” when the label sold the catalog to Michael Jakson.
Paul McCartney he suffered to regain the rights to his songs; He was unlikely to have to pay to sing “Hey Jude”.