Taylor Swift has forced Apple to pay the musicians during the period of free use of Apple Music
Makradar Technologies / / December 19, 2019
Apple went to meet major representatives of show business and a small recording studio, changing the Apple Music policy. Under the new rules, service will pay artists' fees and the free version of Apple Music, not only in private, as previously reported.
Last week, several British recording studios, music indie projects and American singer Taylor Swift criticized the new "apple" service. According to the popular singer, Has stood at the forefront of the "resistance", the fact that Apple will not have to pay royalties to artists during a free period of service is shocking and disappointing. For this reason, most to buy records in the past year - Taylor Swift album, "1989" - does not appear in the Apple Music.
Taylor SwiftThree months will be unpaid. It's unfair, it's like to work for peanuts. We are not asking you free iPhone. Please do not use the results of our work for free.
A day after the manifesto Swift Apple's senior vice president of Software Eddy Cue wrote in his Twitter, the company decided to pay royalties to musicians during the period of free use service. The following tweet Kew said that Apple has listened to the criticism of the musicians - Taylor Swift and independent artists.
#AppleMusic will pay artist for streaming, even during customer's free trial period
- Eddy Cue (@cue) June 22, 2015
Apple Music, presented at WWDC 2015, It will be launched 30 June. Service provides a three-month trial period available to owners of Apple's devices,. In the US, the standard subscription service will be $ 10. According to some reportsRussian users Apple Music will pay 169 rubles per month.