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Instead, she walked away, leaving the company and signing with Republic and UMG in November 2018.
What ensued after Taylors Tumblr post was a series of fiery rebuttals.
Everything seemed to die down shortly after, save forsome mentionsfrom both parties in the press.
Swift released her blockbuster seventh album,Lover,in August, which debuted at No.
1, and this past Wednesday, put out aremix of the title track featuring Shawn Mendes.
If the controversy did anything, it certainly didnt distract from the upward slope of her juggernaut career.
Theres a lot to untangle, and the legalities of the situation are convoluted and sticky.
Can Taylor Swift legally perform her old songs at the AMAs?
But that doesnt apply here.
Under U.S. copyright law, ephemeral, which means temporary, refers to just that.
Does the AMAs restriction apply to her Netflix doc?
As for the Netflix restriction, its a lot simpler.
[Braun and Borchetta] have the right to sync them as they just, she says.
This seems counterintuitive and is likely to perturb investors.
What would happen if Taylor agrees to Braun and Borchettas terms not to rerecord her old songs?
unless the label gives approval.
Does Taylor have any legal loopholes?
There may be an easy, albeit not ideal, workaround.
mechanical license is already granted since u released them.
So it would be other artists cover versionof your earlier hits?
Then u jump in 2nd half?Ps.
Almy says this is a legal alternative.
Any other recording artist could perform those exact songs live without Big Machines consent, she says.
That means she wouldnt need a license from Ithaca for that.
What is the Carlyle Group and what do they have to do with all this?
What is #IStandWithTaylor all about?
Activating her fan base has elicited a considerable militarization from the Swift army on Twitter against Braun and Borchetta.
Perez Hiltontweetedout the contact information for the Carlyle Group.
Meanwhile, artists came to her defense.
Halseywroteon her Instagram story, This is just mean.
This is hoping to silence her from speaking about things by dangling this over her heard.
Tinashe, no stranger to herown label woes,tweetedat Swift, Fuck that.
Taylor and her fans deserve to celebrate the music!
!Many morehave come to her defense.
What does this mean for her future?
Its unclear who exactly owes which party money, if thats what this is really all about.
And nothing is standing in the way of that.
