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She was given the opportunity to purchase her masters and she thought the price was too high. So they sold them to someone who would pay more. It's definitely
by eric_b 5y ago
She was given the opportunity to purchase her masters and she thought the price was too high. So they sold them to someone who would pay more.
It's definitely about the money to some extent - she wasn't willing to pony up what it would take to buy them.
- packetslave 5y agoThat's one side of the story. TS's side is that Big Machine refused to sell her the rights unless she signed a new contract with them, which she didn't want to do.
- samatman 5y agoSpecifically, they wouldn't even negotiate unless she signed an NDA with a nondisparagement clause. Which she wouldn't do, and I wouldn't either: never agree to nondisparagement without substantial consideration.
- skedaddle 5y agoIf this really came down to a nondisparagement clause that would be shocking. Getting to make an offer on the rights to some of the best selling music of all time is itself substantial. This explanation would also diminish the emotional/moral attachment Swift still claims to her earlier works -- owning the masters meant a lot to me, but not as much as this tumblr post? The world of celebrity is bizarre so I don't know, but I think there has to be more to it than that. Either that they were never for sale to her, or the price was too high.