Taylor Swift's fight to regain control of her master recordings from Big Machine follows previous attempts by artists including Prince, Janet Jackson, Jay-Z and Rihanna to do the same.
has shown, ownership of an artist’s master recordings is a sensitive issue -- particularly with a catalog is as valuable as Swift’s. But the country-turned-pop superstar is far from the first musician to battle with her label over master rights.
A master is the original sound recording of a piece of music -- as opposed to the composition itself -- and whatever entity or person owns those rights exercises broad power over how that recording is used. Often in tandem with composition rights holder , the master rights holder has the power to grant third-party licenses for that recording -- from streaming and vinyl records to its use in film, TV, commercials and public performances.
There are a couple of reasons, then, why an artist would be keen to own their masters, which are almost always controlled by artist's label in exchange for promotion and financial support during the recording process. Not only does that ownership allow the owner to collect on royalties for sales and uses of the master sound recording, but they exercise full control over how and where it is used. As such, labels haven't been known to give those rights up easily.
Just ask Swift. After declining to sign a new deal with Big Machine that she claims would have awarded her rights back to her masters one album at a time -- earning one old album for every new one she released -- the singer said Borchetta failed to notify her about the label's pending sale to Ithaca Holdings, whose majority stakeholders include A-list manager and so-called Swift "bully" .
The history of major artists attempting to regain control of their masters is checkered and success often comes with a hefty price tag. Here are some of the more recent incidents where stars have made a play for those rights, both publicly and behind closed doors.
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