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Daddy Dearest Dodging Denunciation

[Blind Gossip] Celebrities are choosing up sides in this battle between a singer and a famous music manager.

You might think that it’s a fake war staged for publicity, but we can assure you that it is not. This is a real war… and there are hundreds of millions of dollars at stake!

We think that there is fault on both sides of this battle, so we are not going to pick one side over the other. However, we are going to share one fact that is being tossed about that is not actually factual at all.

She did NOT sign a contract when she was a child. She was a minor and could not have entered into such a legal arrangement. Her parents (led by her father) signed the contract. Therefore, he was responsible for approving the terms of the deal.

That’s one point.

Here’s another.

Not many people know this, but her dad owned a small percentage (just under 5%) of the label!  Since he was a minority shareholder, they did not need his approval to sell, but he knew that it was being shopped around and he could have stepped in a long time ago. He is a money guy and knew every financial transaction that was taking place, so pretending to be surprised over this business deal just doesn’t wash.

We don’t think our source is necessarily blaming Dear Old Dad for this fiasco, but it does sound like Dad and Singer can’t really claim ignorance or shock that this turn of events occurred. It was always a possibility.

So, disappointed? Absolutely. Shocked? No.

And Singer should definitely have a talk with Daddy about what went down.

Similar: Goodliness and Godliness

Singer:

Manager:

[Optional] Whose side you got?

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    • kcphilly says

      Team Switzerland on this one. If SB squared both made this plan specifically as a revenge on Taylor than that’s not cool. I still think she could have renegotiated her contract to give her more options once she really became big. Plus I think her post about the situation was overdramatic (shocker for her right). She says she lost her lifes work…as long as she owns her publishing that statement is false. She can re-record someday and doesn’t affect performing the songs on tour.

    • monkeyman420 says

      Why exactly on her side? She took an issue that happens to EVERY artist and has for decades now and made it not only about her but about women only as if this ONLY happens to female entertainers. Look at the rights to the beatles and other top acts and who has owned them over the years. She is far from alone in this yet she makes it entirely divisive.

      Of course it sucks but her dad helped her negotiate this deal and he’s a guy who knows the industry. It’s certainly not an anti women…

    • dizzygirl says

      Even George Michael couldn’t win this suit. Taylor, you are good, but not George Michael good! He was pure magic!

  7. ThatsHot says

    Singer: Taylor Swift
    Manager: Scooter Braun

    I’m on Taylor’s side all the way. Men have been manipulating women in the music industry forever. (just look at poor Britney) No matter what anyone has to say, artists deserve to own their work. Not to mention the amount of artists coming out with their own problems with scooter, he’s not the good guy he wants everyone to believe he is.

    • monkeyman420 says

      Such a silly argument seeing that this happens to ALL recording artists. Taylors dad knows the industry and helped negotiate her deal it’s pretty standard for artists to not own their masters unless they fight for it or know their worth early (nipsey). This doesn’t just impact women it is ALL music industry folks and to make this about men vs women is incredibly divisive.

      Artists may deserve their own work but that’s not the contract she or many of them sign

  11. luddite2 says

    Taylor Swift is going to victim it up big time, so I have to side with the manager.

  12. amagod121 says

    Taylor Swift and
    * Brown

    I am on Taylor’s side on this as musicians should OWN the rights to any songs they write, NOT the record label. Plus, the record label wanted her to buy back the songs, one record at a time, by putting out another new record for the label. That sounds like extortion to me! Plus, who would own the rights to the NEW album? The record label? So then Taylor would never be able to own all of her own song rights! Sleazy! I’d have told them to pound sand…

    • monkeyman420 says

      She told them to pound sand. That’s why this happens. Taylor is far from the only one this has happened to. If she wanted to own her masters she should have negotiated that deal? That’s why she’s releasing through her own label. It’s not like she or women are the only folks in the industry to deal with this. It happens to everyone. It’s * but it’s not anti women or what other folks keep trying to paint it as. It’s the record business

  13. kaikara says

    Singer: Taylor Swift

    Manager: Scooter Braun

    I won’t pick a side. Everybody involved is greedy, two-faced and scummy.

    Currently, the artists are getting the short stick. It is very difficult for artists to receive the money that they are owed.

    The answer to this problem looks a lot like Tidal. Artists controlling their own product. That is the reason Tidal exists. Tay-Tay didn’t support Tidal when she was queen bee. I bet she understands Tidal now though. Tough lesson, but I’m…

    • Appleton says

      This all the way.

      Taylor is acting like she’s the only one who has ever had to deal with this bad contract. But anyone who follows even bigger artists that came before her like Prince, know his battle for gaining back control of his music. I wont choose either side because its essentially her parent’s fault for this and Scooter is a jerk who drives his acts to insanity.

  15. The Big D says

    Taylor Swift and Scooter Braun

    I like Taylor but in this case it seems to be her who is at fault not Braun so I side with Braun.

  16. JohnCarson says

    Singer: Taylor Swift
    Manager: Scooter Braun

    When I heard that she signed a contract at 15 I didn’t believe anything else from her because she wouldn’t be allowed to sign as a minor. If she wanted to control her music, she could have arranged for the money to buy it herself but regardless you can’t expect the person who owns it not to sell to highest price, even if she doesn’t like it.

  18. GrannyGoose says

    Singer: Taylor Swift
    Manager: Scooter Braun

    Optional: IDK. How do you choose between The Devil and Beezelbub?

  20. loopylou600 says

    Taylor Swift

    I think Scott Borchetta is or was her manager, or Scooter Braun who the rights were sold to.

    Her Father has a lot to answer for, but I’d be pretty mad if it was me. I don’t know enough of the back story, to say much else. 😟

  22. obsidianeyes says

    Singer: Taylor Swift
    Manager: Scooter B

    Side: Judging by the social media reply by Scott B about how and when her Dad and her team knew about the deal, I’m in the middle because surprisingly T’s team dropped the ball on this.

  23. Taytay25 says

    Taylor Swift
    Scooter Braun

    As much as this is a dead to right business deal, I’m in Taylor’s side. Any musician who has worked hard making their own music should own it. Especially one that has been as successful as her.

    • monkeyman420 says

      I agree with her sentiment of being upset about it. I disagree with the framing that men are keeping women down. The recording industry keeps men AND women down with these contracts. A contract she signed and that’s pretty much that.

  24. omgimbackagain says

    Taylor Swift and Scooter Braun

    I read recently about her dad owning part of the label. She was offered the chance to own her music and didn’t buy it, so I think she is partially at fault, but she continues to play victim. However I think the other side is unscrupulous too…

  25. Marybel says

    Taylor Swift. She’s a whiny faux victim. There will be a song about Scooter Braun in the near future.

  26. bertwheeler says

    Taylor Swift
    Scooter Whathisname

    Usually I’d say neither, but it appears she could have bought the master tapes a long time ago.

  27. beachchick218 says

    Taylor Swift and Scooter Braun. I don’t pretend to know how entertainment law or intellectual property laws work, but somewhere along the way, Taylor should have been represented and educated about her music and what she owns, could have owned or other ownership issues.

    I am not a Taylor Swift fan, but I do feel she was wronged at some point. Plus, I think that Scooter Braun is a sleazy creep.

  29. claireuk says

    Taylor swift and scooter braun.
    I dont like him, dont know why so I’m with Team Taylor!

  30. Babs806 says

    Taylor Swift and Scooter Braun. I feel for her, not being able to own her own music, but she’s really playing it up for sympathy.

  31. patchycat says

    Taylor Swift & Scooter … Huge fan of Taylor but seems to make sense that a guardian would have had to have Ok’d the initial contracts, sounds like Daddy has some explaining to do..
    I do believe writers should own the lyrics though…

    • monkeyman420 says

      She may well own the lyrics. Not the master recordings though which the record company would have financed, she would have paid them back for that though. That’s how the industry works and she’s far from the only person to recognize that it sucks

  32. Gerseychick says

    Taylor and Scouter…The music business is cut throat..Look what Michael Jackson did to Sir Paul..Bought everything behind Paul’s back….

  36. Pinkieswear says

    Taylor Swift is the singer.

    Taylor is no dummy, so I find it hard to believe that she and her dad knew nothing and were completely surprised.

    I’m not taking a side.

  40. Tootles says

    Taylor Swift
    Big Machine her old label being picked up by Scooter Braun for £300 mil inc her entire back catalogue of masters
    I blame Taylors Dad for not sorting this out earlier

  41. Gerseychick says

    Jeremy the jailbird who played poor Top Shop daughter. They had a baby so unless paid off big by Daddy..The will always be attached…The jailbird is banging everything in the South of France and LA…Daddy should hire someone and get rid of the problem…..

  45. Ivy Drip says

    This would be Taylor Swift. Her father is Scott K. Swift, a stockbroker. Fun fact, Taylor’s parents lived in Pennsylvania & used to own a cottage on the Jersey shore when Taylor was a child. They sold it & their main house to move to Nashville.

    The manager who acquired her music catalog is Scooter Braun.

  48. lisareads says

    everyone has known that label has been looking for a buyer for years. of course, Taylor and her dad, and hell, I knew it would be sold eventually. the fact that it was sold to scooter is the problem. dad has a stake in the company, but he is also bound by law not to talk about negotiations. so he just stayed out of it as not to create a conflict of interest because of his daughter. tay was blindsided by someone who wants to ruin her.

  49. rayodeplata says

    Taylor Swift
    Scooter Braun

    No side because I don’t know about this drama. But Taylor is used to lying.

  51. TeacherKat says

    Taylor Swift and Scooter Braun.

    I’m team Taylor. She knew her work was being sold, and I’m sure finding out that it was sold to him sucks even more. She at least created that work – Scooter simply uses others to make his money. I rooted for Prince and the Beatles to own their own catalog, so I’ll root for Taylor, too.

  52. mary55geelong says

    Taylor Swift

    Scooter Braun

    Taylor, it’s her music, her Daddy didn’t do the right thing.

  53. chandler02 says

    This is supposed to be about Taylor Swift, but it’s misleading. Her dad as a shareholder couldn’t share information with Taylor because of non-disclosure agreements. It wasn’t that the label was being sold that was a surprise to Taylor, it’s WHO it was sold to (someone who she thinks is out to get her).

  54. charlene2345 says

    singer: Taylor Swift

    Manager: Scooter Braun.

    Taylor’s father was a stockbroker with Merrill Lynch.

  59. llabine1 says

    Singer: Taylor Swift

    Manager: Scooter Braun

    Believe it or not I’m with Scooter on this one because she had fair warning to buy ….

  60. Poppycorn144 says

    The similar link was not helpful at all. So I have no idea who this is relating to.

  65. timesink says

    Tay-tay and Scooter. I the music industry now seems very corrupt, so if it implodes, so be it.

  66. michelex23 says

    Taylor Swift
    Scooter Braun
    Overall, don’t care, but if you make the music you should own it

  70. headyeuphoria says

    I’m not really a fan of Taylor but I don’t think this blind undermines her point. She should own her own music and Scooter has organised degrading bullying tactics against her.

  71. GayleStorm says

    Taylor Swift
    Scooter Braun

    I am not a fan of either of them. However, Scooter beats out Taylor in this battle, hands down.
    I am so sick of the whiny, drama queen known as Taylor Swift. She now fancies herself as a SJW, to boot. Ugggh. And, last but not least, most of us know that her career is built on nothing but LIES. She repulses me.

  73. chica1984 says

    Taylor
    Scooter
    Team Scooter. She’s desperate to get talk off her latest video and the gay talk. Whatever T quit playing the victim

  74. emmasyd says

    Taylor swift and Scooter. Scooter just brought the company he isnt at fault but the way her company wouldnt let her buy her catalogue sucks.

  75. oyevey says

    Swiftly playing victum yet again this with Scooter Braun. She had the opportunity to buy the label and had the money to do so. It’s her own fault that she dud not act. Her act is BS.

  79. rexczarina says

    I don’t know why Taylor Swift downplays the fact the her family is affluent. Maybe she doesn’t want to come of as a snob.

  80. GretaGuesses says

    Taylor Swift feuding with Scott Borshetta (sp) over her music being sold to Scooter Braun.

    I am not on Taylor’s side. She has changed too much, or maybe she was putting on a sweet innocent front years ago. Her continual feuds and constant whining and playing victim are annoying. Her journey into politics leaves me cold as well. But I never have cared for her juvenile lyrics and her talk -sing performances.

  84. princessfrog says

    Singer: Taylor Swift

    Manager: Scooter Braun

    He just bought her back catalogue, meaning that he owns her music. She was 14 when the deal was made, in exchange for a big cash advance.

    She’s accused him of bullying.

  85. Hermione says

    Tay Tay Taylor Swift

    Scooter Braun just bought her old record company

    It’s a contract that someone signed I suppose. The record companies take the early risk on Unknown’s and it only becomes an issue when they become famous.

    • celebiddy says

      Taylor was literally the first client they ever signed. Scott owes his companies success to her, not the other way around.

  86. Mothers Meeting says

    Taylor Swift

    Scooter Braun.

    Im not a Taylor fan. At all. But i read the tumblr post and that is the first thing i though. She was a minor so how could she possibly consent.

    She is also a major drama queen for bringing up the kim k drama when she was the one in the wrong.

    Optional. I feel bad for Taylor but it appears like everything that is happening is happening legally..

    Business is often unscrupulous. I thought she was smarter than this.

  88. Breakout214 says

    That’s what I needed to confirm. If her father knew, there’s no way Taylor didn’t know as well.

  89. itsnoneofmybusinessbut says

    Taylor and Scooter Braun

    It’s a hot mess. Scooter is sketchy but Taylor is no angel. I guess I really don’t care tbh. Haha.

  92. deepsigh says

    Obviously Taylor Swift and her father. I knew he owned part of the company,I didn’t realize it was so small a percentage.

  93. officiallily says

    Taylor and Scooter

    Always Team Taylor. She should rerecord her old songs and re-release them

  97. LCT says

    Taylor Swift
    Scooter Braun

    Optional: Taylor’s. She got screwed out of owning her music. Thanks DAD!