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33 sats \ 2 replies \ @elvismercury 31 May \ on: Taylor Swift buys back master rights to first six albums from Shamrock Capital Music
What does she get owning those, vs having the re-recorded ones? Is it just purely symbolic?
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27 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b OP 31 May
I think it's mostly control of any derivative work. Whoever owned the masters could produce derivative work without her consent.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @zuspotirko 31 May
She earns money from licensing. The music is listened to every day.
It's just like when Michael Jackson purchased The Beatles' entire catalog in 1985.
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