> just not paying the content producers I suspect the record labels, with whom the deal was cut, would see themselves as the music producers, in more than just

> just not paying the content producers I suspect the record labels, with whom the deal was cut, would see themselves as the music producers, in more than just the pedantic sense of the word. Someone somewhere invested an absolute shit-ton of cash in getting Ms Swift famous, producing her records, promoting her concerts, payola, etc, with absolutely no promise of return.