Masters, shmasters: Taylor Swift plans to re-record music now owned by Scooter Braun
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When Scooter Braun and record label Big Machine struck a deal that allowed him to acquire Big Machine Group—essentially making him owner of the master recordings of Taylor Swift’s earlier work—the pop songstress called the deal her “worst case scenario.” Citing Braun as a bully in a scathing Tumblr post, Swift claimed that she was never given a real opportunity to own her music and that a part of her legacy was now “in the hands of someone who tried to dismantle it.” In scenarios like these, there’s very little legal recourse that an artist can take that would work out in their favor. So to circumvent all that, she’s just gonna re-record her old stuff.