Taylor Swift surely knows how to speak for an artist’s rights. Well, no one can beat this girl when she shouts out loud to avail her rights. The biggest pop star in the world has written an open letter to Apple on Tumblr. The sensational pop artist in her letter is citing her grievances about the company’s payment policy.
Almost all are aware that Apple is soon to launch its new service called Apple Music. The service will be available for a trial period to all the users on June 30. Apart from Apple’s iTunes this platform will allow artists to upload songs, videos etc. however, the problem with this new advancement cropped up when it stated that artists will not be paid royalty during the trial period of three months of the new platform.
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Many artists came forward to express their disgrace towards this biased policy, but Swift went one step ahead and publicly expressed her displeasure for the same. The globally recognized artist titled her displeasure, “To Apple, Love Taylor”.
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The brilliant artist not only spoke for herself but also mentioned others who are still working hard to get on the top charts. The 1989 artist started her explanation saying why she will be holding back her album. The one who speaks her mind Taylor also went on to say daringly that 3 months is a long time to go unpaid.
However, all her efforts seem to be fruitful, the executive of Apple; Eddy Cue shared on his twitter wall that all artists will be paid. He wrote
Apple will always make sure that artist are paid #iTunes #AppleMusic
Apple will always make sure that artist are paid #iTunes #AppleMusic
— Eddy Cue (@cue) June 22, 2015
#AppleMusic will pay artist for streaming, even during customer’s free trial period
#AppleMusic will pay artist for streaming, even during customer’s free trial period — Eddy Cue (@cue) June 22, 2015
We hear you @taylorswift13 and indie artists. Love, Apple
We hear you @taylorswift13 and indie artists. Love, Apple
— Eddy Cue (@cue) June 22, 2015
All we can say is, Swift surely knows her way out through any mess. It’s finally a sigh of relief for all the music enthusiasts.
