Taylor Swift Offers Proof Of Big Machine’s Song Blockade

As the battle between Taylor Swift and Scooter Braun, Scott Borchetta and Big Machine Label Group continues, her team has released a more detailed explanation of the dispute.

Taylor Swift publicist Tree Paine has issued a statement countering Big Machine Label Group’s claim that they did not block Swift from performing songs from her catalog on the American Music Awards this Nov. 24th, as well as on an upcoming Netflix special.

The statement:

 “The truth is, on October 28, 2019 at 5:17 p.m. the Vice President, Rights Management and Business Affairs from Big Machine label group sent Taylor Swift’s team the following: ‘Please be advised that BMLG will not agree to issue licenses for existing recordings or waivers of its re-recording restrictions in connection with these two projects: The Netflix documentary and The Alibaba ‘Double Eleven’ event.’ To avoid an argument over rights, Taylor performed three songs off her new album Lover at the Double Eleven event as it was clear that Big Machine Label Group felt any televised performance of catalog songs violated her agreement. In addition, yesterday Scott Borchetta, CEO and founder of Big Machine Label Group, flatly denied the request for both American Music Awards and Netflix.

“Please notice in Big Machine’s statement, they never actually deny either claim Taylor said last night in her post. Lastly, Big Machine is trying to deflect and make this about money by saying she owes them but, an independent, professional auditor has determined that Big Machine owes Taylor $7.9 million dollars of unpaid royalties over several years.”