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I agree with everything she said... but she didn't answer the question she posed at the start: why is she withholding 1989, (and not any of her other albums), a
by unfamiliar 11y ago
I agree with everything she said... but she didn't answer the question she posed at the start: why is she withholding 1989, (and not any of her other albums), and what does that have to do with the 3 month trial? If she disagrees with the free trial don't put any of your music up for that time span.
- sanswork 11y agoShe probably is withholding the rest like on Spotify but people typically only care about the newest album. Alternatively maybe it's to stop them from being able to promote their service as being the only one with 1989 on it?
- m_fayer 11y agoThe one album can be seen as her token of protest without going as far as shunning the service as a whole. So, this is probably a carefully calibrated objection, and we're not privy to the details of why she did it this way and not some other way.
- vacri 11y agoThere may be pre-existing contractual obligations that make it harder to pull the back catalogue.
- dublinben 11y agoOr she and her label recognize that the back catalog is not as valuable as the latest album. Giving away access to the back catalog on free streaming services will act to develop fans, and increase purchases of the new album. This new album that is not available on free streaming services.
- sangnoir 11y ago> If she disagrees with the free trial don't put any of your music up for that time span Because Apple will not allow her to do so. It is not 3 universal calendar month: every user gets 3 months free when they start a subscription, depending on when they sign up for the service. Artist cannot opt-out of the free-service tier catalog and just go with the paid users. So Taylor Swift is withholding her music because she won't get paid for all the listens by users in their first 3 months.