On June 18, the representative of the HBO GO platform announced the movie poster, attracting more than 22 thousand likes and 6.1 thousand shares from the audience. According to Mirror , the work delves into the dispute when manager Scooter Braun (who once managed Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Madison Beer) won the rights to purchase and release Taylor Swift’s first six albums in 2019.

In two-hour episodes, viewers will get to see the full extent of their relationship, exploring the complexities of music ownership. The film also delves into opposing aspects of the dispute.

Partly showing Taylor Swift’s point of view: The sale was carried out without consulting the singer, after which she was not allowed to buy back the rights to release her album. The rest focuses on Braun’s accusations: Swift refused to negotiate and incited fans against the producer.

The series features legal experts, journalists and people close to Taylor Swift and Scooter Braun.

Charlotte Reid, vice president of Streaming Networks at Warner Bros. Discovery UK & Ireland, told Hollywood Reporter : “Taylor Swift’s dispute with Scooter Braun over music ownership became a major issue, attracting public interest. Featured, noteworthy story, opens up fan debate”.

On June 30, 2019, Taylor Swift posted a letter about the conflict with Scooter Braun and her former record label Big Machine Records over the sale of the original recording rights of her first six albums. The artist said the old record label did not create conditions for her to buy back the records. Instead, they sold the rights to Scooter – who had a conflict with Taylor.

In November of the same year, the Blank Space singer said many projects were affected because Scooter Braun did not allow old songs to be performed or played on television. Taylor’s lawyer accused the record company of owing his client more than eight million dollars in commissions from music sales.

As for Big Machine Records, the record label representative told CNN the information from Swift was completely false. “We have absolutely no right to ban Taylor from performing on television. The article makes us confused because the record company has never contacted the American music awards ceremony AMAs asking them to remove Taylor’s performance” .

Big Machine Records also accused the female singer of owing them millions of dollars in service fees. John Seay – a copyright lawyer – told Bloomberg that there are many questions in Taylor Swift’s article because no law has the right to prohibit singers from performing their songs.

The incident caused two reactions from the audience and the artist. Swift fans are upset because they think she was bullied. Many colleagues such as Selena Gomez, Halsey, Gigi Hadid, and Lily Allen defended and said they were on the singer’s side.

However, many people are upset because Swift encouraged fans to put pressure on the record label by posting on social networks. Some opinions say singers should respect the copyright terms between the two sides and should not use fans as weapons. Justin Bieber defended Scooter Braun and said the information Taylor Swift gave was completely false.

At the age of 15, Taylor Swift signed a contract with Big Machine Label Group. This label owns all original recordings of songs from six albums, from Taylor Swift (2006) to Reputation (2017). The singer retains intellectual property rights to the songs and may perform them live, but may not use recordings or publications (CDs, digital music) made from recordings in which Big Machine Label Group owns the rights. permission. Since 2020, Taylor Swift has re-recorded her first six albums, re-releasing each work as Taylor’s Versions .

Taylor Swift , 35 years old, is an American singer-songwriter, famous for her country music since 2006. After 10 albums, Swift received 14 Grammy awards and 29 Billboard awards. In December 2023, Guinness recognized the artist’s The Eras Tour as the highest-grossing tour of all time, reaching more than one billion USD. She released her 11th album titled The Tortured Poets Department on April 19. The artist currently has a net worth of about 1.1 billion USD, and was chosen by Time as Person of the Year 2023.

Scooter Braun , 43 years old, is an American businessman and music director. He has managed many famous artists such as Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, J Balvin, Demi Lovato. On June 17, on personal Instagram , Braun announced his retirement from the management position after 23 years, to focus on taking care of his family and working as CEO of HYBE America, a subsidiary of HYBE group, where manages the band BTS.