Taylor Swift: Why '1989' won't be on Apple Music

 

 

http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/21/media/taylor-swift-1989-apple-music/index.html?iid=TL_Popular

 

 

 

Taylor Swift is withholding(~을 주지 않다) her album "1989" from Apple's streaming service because she says the company is unfairly withholding royalties from artists.

 

 

Swift's issue is the three-month free trial period Apple is promoting.

 

"Apple Music will not be paying writers, producers, or artists for those three months," she wrote. "I find it to be shocking, disappointing, and completely unlike this historically progressive and generous company."

 

She added: "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(중대하게) 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."

 

Swift previously removed her albums from Spotify in a dispute over(분쟁)compensation for streaming music. She explained her decision about Apple in a Tumblr blog post on Sunday morning, several days after her music label confirmed that "1989" wouldn't be available on the service at launch.

 

The blog post, "To Apple, Love Taylor," was immediately shared tens of thousands of times, showing the power of the artist's megaphone and potentially creating a publicity nightmare for Apple.

 

Apple announced its Apple Music streaming service earlier this month. The free trial period is seen as a crucial(중대한, 결정적인) part of the company's strategy to attract paying subscribers.

 

The company had no immediate comment on Swift's blog post, but an Apple executive previously told Re/code that Apple's payments for songs "are a few percentage points higher than the industry standard, in part to account for(설명하다) the lengthy(긴, 지루한) trial period; most paid subscription services offer a free one-month trial."

 

In the blog post, Swift expressed her love for Apple and said she wasn't speaking up for herself, but rather for "the new artist or band that has just released their first single and will not be paid for its success."

 

Swift said she's been discussing the Apple policy with others: "These are the echoed sentiments of every artist, writer and producer in my social circles who are afraid to speak up publicly because we admire and respect Apple so much. We simply do not respect this particular call."