Lawyer Explains Why Taylor Swift is Re-Recording All Her Old Albums & Other T Swift Lawsuits

The many lawsuits of Taylor Swift. Y'all have asked me to explain why Taylor is re-recording all her old albums, which got me down the rabbit hole of Taylor Swift's past legal issues, including the time she sued a guy for $1, the Evermore Theme Park lawsuit, and a self published Amazon book about some guy who sued her for vicarious liability. Let's talk about it!

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[selenerose]

I'm not a Taylor Swift fan, but I think it's so badass she is rerecording all of her music to own her work. The music industry is fucking evil.

[Fportas]

She’s actually re-recording her original albums with added new songs that were cut from the original albums. So it’s like extended editions of each of her albums.

[yarnandleaves]

T-Swift might be one of the few artists who could actually pull the re-recording move off. Because her fanbase is fiercely loyal and might very well make a point of only streaming the versions she owns.

[Tom-vrwi]

-"What advice would you give to anyone who wants to become a singer?"
-"Get a good lawyer"
Taylor Swift - 2016

Edit: OMG guys thank you so much for the likes :DDD

[PaigeSchoepp]

I love that Taylor Swift’s fans are valuing the person over the art. They are getting behind the new recordings because it supports HER. They may love the originals but they recognize that by listening to those it undermines what she is trying to do. I always get excited when women are valued as whole people, rather than simply for what they give us 🥰

[selenerose]

This video was a rollercoaster. I totally love that Taylor spent 4 years suing that guy. What a fucking creep! I'm so glad she didn't just let it go.

[singimnotafraid]

Russell sued her because she wouldn't listen to his music. She has a no unsolicited submissions policy, but he was mad that her team upheld that. He also harassed her mother and brother to send her his song, and was literally on camera saying that he was only suing her so that she would have to come to Utah and have dinner with him. Full on creep.

[xanbell]

I never used to be a Taylor fan but she has really grown and perfected her skills over the years, her guitar playing in particular. I'm thinking it would actually be beneficial in this case to re-record. I love how Chris Brown can be such an asshole publicly but she's just existing and getting sued.

[leanna]

Her testimony in that assault case was really powerful, he and his lawyers were determined to play dirty but I was so impressed at how she stood her ground (plus, the decision she and her attorney seemingly made to consistently say that he grabbed her ass rather than dance around the act with polite niceties like his lawyers wanted to was very smart). Also, big news on the re-recording front, her re-recording of The Other Side of the Door on Fearless (TV) recently was the first of her songs to surpass its original in total streams on Spotify! Great news for her and hopefully will give other artists in similar positions hope that it can work.

[finonyaj]

I remember reading about the $1 lawsuit at the time and thinking damn what a power move. Ms ma'am don't need to sue you but watch her bring you to your knees and literally no one can say it's about the money. Glad the court made a good call on that one.

[urozzom]

I really loved the breakdown of the first case and I also love how people sees this as a big deal because it is!! Because of this entire masters fiasco, Olivia Rodrigo actually owns all the masters and rights to her debut album SOUR. A lot of people really paid attention to what was happening and I'm so glad people are being inspired by it and taking action. Love her or hate her, Taylor is shaping the future of the music industry.

[InThisEssayIWill...]

I think a big part of both the $1 lawsuit and her decision to rerecord has to do with precedence. She's making sure small/up and coming artists know how valuable their work is so they'll be more confident when negotiating their own contracts. And she's made a point about both our judicial system and just.. she's absolutely destroyed that abuser in the classiest way. She didn't want his money, she didn't need it, she wanted the whole world to know that she was right and he got what he deserved. She didn't even publicize it until he sued her. She addressed HR through the proper channels and his company made the decision per their internal process that his behavior was a liability. 🤷

[sallyhazy]

There are noticeable differences in the new recordings of Fearless, but I refuse to stream the old versions to not give Big Machine any money. Since I have a physical copy that i had bought years ago, I still listen to the old recordings from time to times, but I honestly do prefer the new versions, it also feels like I'm working against Scooter Braum (or however it is written the name) and I feel like a badass lol :)

[marinemanaphy]

Taylor also picked a fight with a streaming service over payment rates to small artists (I *believe* it was Apple Music, might’ve been Spotify) and pulled all her songs from the platform until they changed their monetization practices. Her music has always been hit or miss for me from era to era, but I always thought that was a really good thing to do - as much as it’s not ideal to rely on the Glitterati to hold people and companies accountable for screwing over the little guy, at least she’s getting results.

[madisonostrowski]

The evermore park thing makes everyone in Utah laugh because it’s the first time almost everyone here has heard about the park. It’s not like it’s some huge local favorite…

[ludameri]

Taylor Swift is a prime example of what it's like for women in the music industry. She was ruthlessly "pummeled" by the media for every little thing she did. People would be made fun of if they liked her music. She was ridiculed for only making songs about her ex's, she was scared to post her political opinions online because of the media, etc. etc.

And as much as I hate to say it. This never happened to any male in the music industry. And if it did, it would happen because the fan base of the singer was mostly female populated.

Her decision to record all of her albums again, in my opinion, is brilliant and a great legal move. She owns those songs, she wrote them and they're about her life. Signing a contract doesn't change the actual owner of the songs, only the legal owner.

[angeljaceherondale]

6:14 They weren't a big label, Big Machine was a very small label, owned by Scott Borchetta, and they owe the fact that they are known and big now, TO Taylor's success. So this is a huge part of it, a huge part of the reason why Scott did not want to let her go in any way he could, was because Taylor made his label, and was the biggest appeal to investors, etc, to the credibility of the label. That's why when she still decided to leave, despite all the ties he tried to put on her, his ego was so hurt that he refused to sell the masters to her AND sold them to someone whom he knew she despised, and that despised her, to get back at her for leaving his label, and "diminishing" its value.

[KrisHe]

I'm not a T-Swift fan musically, but this first case with ownership is actually a really important case for future young artists trying to sign with record producers etc! Because obviously when you're new "to the scene", not used to how things work, even legal guardians can be so starstruck by the idea of a contract for their child that they are willing to sign away a lot more. Because obviously starting out, you don't know whether or not you will have success... so everything seems like a victory... then reality sets in as you get more into this whole world, and you become aware of how you don't even own your own work basically... luckily in this case it's "just" the masters, but many are not that "lucky"... and if no one does these things, speaks out about it, especially someone like T Swift with her platform and wide audience, people will keep signing terrible deals because in that moment it seems worth it... I remember Paramore having some issues with their old record label because the label wanted to have them marked as "emo rock", but they didn't actually want that? But then they managed to get out the contract and signed with another label. But ofc many fans were mad at their change in sound because they wanted the emo-music-ish to continue... but idk, imo it fit perfectly when it was released but the newer music is like "growing" with me lmao. So perfect in middle school with emo "me against society" type music, but now? Meh I love Hard Times so much lmao.

And omg YES DO KESHA PLEASE!! I am so curious about that case, because media did such a weird job when covering it, it felt like it was basically slutshaming Kesha, so gave up trying to figure out what was happening...

Also that photo is disgusting, but sadly the "well you smiled in the photo" comment is all way too common... like in Norway amnesty Norway is trying to change the consent/rape laws atm, because according to the Norwegian criminal laws, rape is only eligible if the person fights back or shows signs of "being held down/physically abused with bruises or scratches" etc... and that is horrible, because you don't even have to have studied psychology to know that in many cases with S assault (especially if you know the person), people will freeze. But according to the law it's only fight or flight.... but that's not reality in the slightest... like maybe if you get assaulted in the streets you'll get an urge to fight or flight, but if you see no way of escaping or you withdraw your consent etc, you will freeze if not respected.... funny thing is, they always say if someone attempts to rob you on the streets, just give them what they want... what happened then to fight or flight? Fucking hate the criminal justice system tbh

[sarahbeckett]

I’m a swiftie. We are ride or die. I deleted my old fearless from my library and downloaded her new version. I ain’t listening to the old anymore as she re releases them! 😜🤘🏻

[ErikKristianGonzales]

I’m a huge fan of Taylor Swift and her re recorded album “fearless” is soooo close to the original! I’ll always love Taylor Swift it was cause of her that I was able to learn guitar finally :)