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Apple Music Changes Policy After Taylor Swift's Stand, and Paul Krugman on the Industry

posted by takyon on Tuesday June 23 2015, @05:20AM   Printer-friendly
from the face-the-music dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Apple Music has reversed its payment policy, a day after the singer Taylor Swift said she was refusing to allow the company to stream her album 1989.

In an open letter to Apple, Swift said she was withholding the record as she was unhappy with the three-month free trial offered to subscribers. Now Apple says it will pay artists for music streamed during trial periods.

Swift had said the plan was "unfair", arguing Apple had the money to cover the cost. "I find it to be shocking, disappointing, and completely unlike this historically progressive and generous company," the 25-year-old said, describing Apple as one of her "best partners in selling music".

"Three months is a long time to go unpaid, and it is unfair to ask anyone to work for nothing. We don't ask you for free iPhones. Please don't ask us to provide you with our music for no compensation."

No word on when Taylor Swift will begin compensating parents whose children play her tracks on repeat.

An Anonymous Coward added a Billboard interview with Paul Krugman (NYT op-ed columnist) on "how to fix the music industry".

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  • (Score: 2) by frojack on Tuesday June 23 2015, @08:10PM

    by frojack (1554) on Tuesday June 23 2015, @08:10PM (#200069) Journal

    So there was nothing wrong with her reasoning, but you can't just give her that and move on, because you think she's and airhead celeb?

    Because the drivel you followed with, make her seem pretty much a genius by comparison.

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  • (Score: 2) by jimshatt on Tuesday June 23 2015, @09:36PM

    by jimshatt (978) on Tuesday June 23 2015, @09:36PM (#200110) Journal
    Either you're replying to the wrong comment, or you don't follow why I was responding. jmorris said her reasoning was mostly twaddle but otherwise solid, prompting hedleyroos to ask what was wrong with her reasoning. I was just pointing out that jmorris did not say that there was something wrong with her reasoning, just that it was mostly twaddle, i.e. superfluous. I have no strong opinion on this.
    What drivel, exactly?