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Re:Taylor Swift: Don’t know what else to do by ToFab123 on Friday November 15, 2019 @12:13AM (#21542364)
> On Sunday, June 30 [2019], it was announced that Scooter Braun and his company, Ithaca Holdings LLC, acquired Scott Borchetta’s Big Machine Label Group in a deal that’s reportedly worth over $300 million. Through buying Borchetta’s company, Braun now also has ownership of Taylor Swift’s master recordings made when she was with the label, including her first six albums.

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Re:Taylor Swift: Don’t know what else to do by hobofan on Friday November 15, 2019 @12:23AM (#21542418)
> in a deal that’s reportedly worth over $300 million

So if she were to really put the money where her mouth is, she could probably buy the rights to her old records with her reported $360 million of net worth, or find a more friendly recording label willing to do so.

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Re:Taylor Swift: Don’t know what else to do by smnrchrds on Friday November 15, 2019 @12:28AM (#21542447)
She actually tried that, but was unsuccessful.
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