The power of Tay Tay – Apple will pay musicians during free trial
So musical sh*t hit the Apple powered fan yesterday when Taylor Swift (Tay Tay to those close to her obvs) wrote a very public and promoted letter saying that her album ‘1989’ (You’ll know it from the radio ALL THE TIME) will not be made available to be streamed on Apple Music.
The new service launches on June 30 as part of an iOS 8.4 update and will be free for the first 3 months. Tay’s problem was that whilst the consumers would be getting a free product, the musicians (mainly the struggling ones) would be missing out because Apple was taking that product and giving it away for free without paying the musicians for it.
And that made Tay Tay madical.
In her own words:
“I’m sure you are aware that Apple Music will be offering a free 3 month trial to anyone who signs up for the service. I’m not sure you know that Apple Music will not be paying writers, producers, or artists for those three months. I find it to be shocking, disappointing, and completely unlike this historically progressive and generous company.”
…
“But I say to Apple with all due respect, it’s not too late to change this policy and change the minds of those in the music industry who will be deeply and gravely affected by this. We don’t ask you for free iPhones. Please don’t ask us to provide you with our music for no compensation.”
The world was like “Oooh…” and then realllly not very long afterwards, Eddy Cue (Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services) hopped on Twitter and tweeted thusly:
Apple will always make sure that artist are paid #iTunes #AppleMusic
— Eddy Cue (@cue) June 22, 2015
and
#AppleMusic will pay artist for streaming, even during customer’s free trial period
— Eddy Cue (@cue) June 22, 2015
and
We hear you @taylorswift13 and indie artists. Love, Apple
— Eddy Cue (@cue) June 22, 2015
Win! Good job Swifty.
After the service’s free three-month trial it will cost $9.99 per month for individuals and $14.99 a month for families up to 6.
Tags: Apple Music
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June 22, 2015 5:42 pm
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