Published 16:03 IST, November 15th 2019

Taylor Swift - Scooter Braun controversy: Everything you need to know

Taylor Swift has been a part of a battle to earn the ownership of her music against her formal record label and manager Scooter Braun; here is the story so far

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Taylor Swift's spark that she sent across her Swifties has w become a never-ending fire in regards to Scooter Braun controversy. On Friday, vember 15, Taylor posted three pictures in which she talked about how her performance at American Music Awards and a documentary me by Netflix on her life has been put on hold because of battle of music rights going on between herself and Scooter Braun's production house.

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What is Taylor-Scooter controversy?

According to a report in an entertainment website, Taylor was a part of Scott Borchetta's record label company Big Machines Label Group when she started her career in 2005. Her contract with label ended in vember 2018. Taylor n decided to join Universal Music Group. This is where all problems began.

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central problem of whole controversy that Blank singer is a part of is that Scooter Braun owns all of master recordings of Taylor's old songs. This means that only he holds right to make, sell, or distribute copies. Taylor will always have to take permission of Braun before she can make any copies of same. 

When Scooter's purchase of Taylor's records was anunced in public, Swift was sdened and angered. Things worsened when artists like Justin Bieber, Kanye West, and Kim Kardashian West came forward in open support of Scooter. Taylor me a long post on her social media account where she talked about how it is difficult for her to leave her old songs and move on. She also shared that she was bullied by Scooter as she was t allowed to perform her songs.

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Many celebrities came out in support of Taylor Swift. Singer Halsey, Iggy Azalea, and supermodel Martha Hunt supported Taylor. Here is what Halsey posted on her Instagram:

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Scott Borchetta, on Big Machines' website, dressed whole issue. He talked about how Taylor was informed about everything at each step. He also talked about how Taylor h chance to own everything, but she chose to leave. 

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controversy has w reached point where Taylor h to call for help to her fans. singer's post has brought forward many divided opinions as fans have been doxxing Scott Borchetta and Scooter Braun, according to a report by an entertainment website. Doxxing means that fans have been publishing private information of two on social media for sole purpose of misuse.

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