The battle continues between Taylor Swift and Scooter Braun (plus Scott Borchetta) over the ME! artist's rights to her first six albums. It has been weeks already ever since the controversy broke the media. And since then, a lot of artists from the music industry has joined in and took sides.
From Justin Bieber's surprising comments against Taylor's lengthy Tumblr post about the issue, all the way to Cara Delevigne's defense over the matter, the feud has created an apparent commotion in the industry. And recently, Kelly Clarkson has made a suggestion that made a lot of people think, certainly including Taylor Swift.
According to CBS News, the Because Of You singer advised Taylor on Twitter to "re-record" all of her old songs. But in doing so, she must put a "brand new art" and a few concessions allowing the fans to purchase the re-recordings. She also pointed out that she would purchase them all "just to make a point."
After the release of tweet, it immediately caught the attention of many as this could work to regain the masters of her six albums finally. And while this is pretty viable, a lot of critics and fans are wondering if this will truly work.
As per People, Kelly Clarkson's proposal may be worth a try for the You Need To Calm Down singer. But of course, there will be a lot of legalities with the process. So, the publication went on to speak with two music legal experts and find out if re-recording might be the endgame solution for Taylor Swift.
Susan Hilderly, co-founder of UCLA Law's Music Industry Legal Clinic, shared that artists today typically have five-year "restrictions." These restrictions would not allow them to "re-record" for quite some time. Even so, these restrictions would be lifted after the agreed scope.
The other music legal expert, L. Lee Philips, who represented Prince previously in a similar music rights battle against Warner Bros., also shared the same comment. Nevertheless, he still explained that re-recording the old songs to which Taylor does not have the masters to would "certainly interfere" with the label. And if this happens, that will be the time that most labels would make a "deal" with the artist.
Therefore, if Taylor Swift would re-record her old songs from her previous albums, it might pressure Scooter Braun and make a much more pleasing deal than what he offered last time. But even so, this will only apply to Taylor's first five albums since Reputation was released just two years ago.
So far, no word has heard from Taylor yet. But if she pushes through with this, the fans will surely support her along with the other artists from the industry.
