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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2015, @01:25AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2015, @01:25AM (#200191)

    > Taylor Swift is apparently thoroughly decent and kind to the people she meets,

    That's her schtick. I'm not kidding, her whole image is predicated on being a regular, decent, imperfect girl, now woman. She's super personal with her fans, lets it all hang out on twitter, instagram, etc. She used to be the butt of many jokes for putting her personal life front and center in her music, but in the current social media environment it has turned her into the biggest pop star on the planet. I don't doubt that she's sincere, if it weren't her some other performer with the same qualities would have filled that niche.