The American singer and songwriter, Taylor Swiftannounced this Friday that he bought the rights of his first six albums, ending a six -year battle for the property of his work.
“All the music I have made … now … it belongs to me”Said the artist in a handwritten letter published on her website, in which she thanks her fans for supporting during her battle to recover the rights of her first studio albums, after the record record in which she recorded them was sold.
In the summer of 2019, the star began a public struggle with the magnate of the music industry Scooter Braun, after her company acquired the record label to which Swift belonged before, giving her a majority participation in the “Masters” (original material used to create vinyl, CD and digital copies) of his first six albums.
Swift said he had actively tried to resume the control of his “masters”, but in November 2020 he said he had learned that The rights of their first six albums had been sold to the private capital company Shamrock Holdingsfor supposedly more than 300 million dollars.
The heated dispute, together with the determination of the singer to re -record those albums, opened an argument about who is the owner of an artist’s work, in addition to the conditions in which young talents sign their contracts.
The owner of the lucrative “masters” has power to determine how the songs are sold and reproduced.
What did Taylor Swift say after buying the rights of his entire musical catalog
The World Pop star said that it now has the rights of all its musical videos, concert films, records of records and photographs, in addition to unpublished songs.
He explained that he acquired his music “without conditions, without partners and with total autonomy.”
“To say that This is my biggest dream come true It’s quite reserved about it, ”he emphasized.
Swift, who in December 2024 ended his acclaim You were tourhe also thanked his followers for the massive success of the tour.
“I have no words to thank you for helping me to meet again with this art I have dedicated my lifebut who had never owned so far. ”
Along with this, he said that Shamrock Capital were “the first people” who offered him the opportunity to acquire his music.
He described the commercial treatment with the firm as “honest, fair and respectful.”
“For them it was a business, but I really felt that they saw him like what it was for me: My memories, my sweat, my lyrics and decades of dreams”
