Big Machine denies Taylor's claims avoiding key points

[Spock 20,290]

"As Taylor Swift’s partner for over a decade, we were shocked to see her Tumblr statements yesterday based on false information. At no point did we say Taylor could not perform on the AMAs or block her Netflix special. In fact, we do not have the right to keep her from performing live anywhere. Since Taylor’s decision to leave Big Machine last fall, we have continued to honor all of her requests to license her catalog to third parties as she promotes her current record in which we do not financially participate.

“The truth is, Taylor has admitted to contractually owing millions of dollars and multiple assets to our company, which is responsible for 120 hardworking employees who helped build her career. We have worked diligently to have a conversation about these matters with Taylor and her team to productively move forward. We started to see progress over the past two weeks and were optimistic as recently as yesterday that this may get resolved. However, despite our persistent efforts to find a private and mutually satisfactory solution, Taylor made a unilateral decision last night to enlist her fanbase in a calculated manner that greatly affects the safety of our employees and their families.

“Taylor, the narrative you have created does not exist. All we ask is to have a direct and honest conversation. When that happens, you will see there is nothing but respect, kindness and support waiting for you on the other side. To date, not one of the invitations to speak with us and work through this has been accepted. Rumors fester in the absence of communication. Let’s not have that continue here. We share the collective goal of giving your fans the entertainment they both want and deserve.”

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Parsing Big Machine’s statement, those specific claims are actually not completely denied: They say “At no point did we say Taylor could not perform on the AMAs or block her Netflix special,” but do not address permission to use Big Machine-era songs in those shows; they also say they “have continued to honor all of her requests to license her catalog to third parties,” but do not address the two uses in question. 

https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/big-machine-records-denies-taylor-swift-claims-scott-borchetta-scooter-braun-1203406009/

 

Even Variety is calling them out on their ****

[xoxo Craig 55,649]

Well of course they are gonna deny... but everyone else knows the tea 

[venusfly 17,885]

Extremely clever “denial” from Big Machine.... 

Taylor said she’s banned from performing her old music, Big Machine said she’s not banned from performing but left out the part about her old music

I can’t wait for them to go bust when she re-records her old catalogue 

[Pop Music 20,522]

screw them 

[COOOK 76,406]

Then let Taylor go, geez.

[andy232000 9,870]

2 minutes ago, Venusfly said:

Extremely clever “denial” from Big Machine.... 

Taylor said she’s banned from performing her old music, Big Machine said she’s not banned from performing but left out the part about her old music

I can’t wait for them to go bust when she re-records her old catalogue 

Exactly, that ambiguity is not really revealing the real intentions behind this statement. And the fact that they chose to omit that detail, when its such important (its literally the whole point of this war between them) makes its suspicious 

[edengowon 9,895]

Don't you just love emotional blackmail

Big Machine making it look like Taylor standing up for herself is threatening their employees and their lives. Taylor is the only thing keep that damn record label alive anyway

[andy232000 9,870]

1 minute ago, Autumn said:

Don't you just love emotional blackmail

Big Machine making it look like Taylor standing up for herself is threatening their employees and their lives. Taylor is the only thing keep that damn record label alive anyway

Its even more ridiculous when those employees are in essence Scott and Scooter 

[edengowon 9,895]

Just now, andy232000 said:

Its even more ridiculous when those employees are in essence Scott and Scooter 

literally it is

we forget that big machine is literally run out of someone's house 

[venusfly 17,885]

1 minute ago, andy232000 said:

Exactly, that ambiguity is not really revealing the real intentions behind this statement. And the fact that they chose to omit that detail, when its such important (its literally the whole point of this war between them) makes its suspicious 

Taylor will have the last laugh anyway when we get 2020 editions of all her old albums and Scooter is left with a $300 million debt he can’t repay 

[Glamourpuss 29,062]

This is a classic case of gaslighting. Making the victim look crazy so they start to question their own reality.

[Mister G 10,045]

3 minutes ago, Glamourpuss said:

This is a classic case of gaslighting. Making the victim look crazy so they start to question their own reality.

Sounds about right.

[RenegAde 18,277]

I'm tired of this saga

[InTraumatica 5,786]

I feel sorry for people from Big Machine. But who would expect that a nice looking teenager could act that way. 

[edengowon 9,895]

Just now, DziJuLaj said:

I feel sorry for people from Big Machine. But who would expect that a nice looking teenager could act that way. 

You feel sorry for Scott and Scooter?