http://www.theguardian.com/technolog...l-taylor-swift

The heart of their service was going to highlight and help showcase indie artists, but they (like any other artist on the service) weren't going to be paid under users' 3 month trials. A lot of indie artists don't have a choice but to go with it because they don't have the power to go against it and protest. If they took their stuff off, their loss would likely be greater than if their music was on there. But if its on there, it's not fair that they wouldn't have been getting paid fairly. Which is why Taylor spoke out...she does have the power to speak out on a large scaled and make a change.

I'm still convinced it was a PR stunt. Considering the facts that all of Apple Music's competitors pay for the trial period, Apple is the most valuable country in the world, and is known for paying very well (look at the comparisons between iOS and Android developers). Does it make any sense for Apple to refuse to pay? No, it doesn't make any sense. However, now much more people know about Apple Music and that Apple will be paying artists, which puts it in a seat of grace than if they had just announced it at their WWDC that only geeks like me, that want to learn about Apple's new development news, watch.

Then when you factor in how quickly Apple responded, it's all enough to make it evident that Apple was planning on making that announcement (whether Taylor was in on it or not). Apple is a very cocky company, and Taylor wouldn't be able to convince them to do anything they didn't already plan. Apple's known for being bizarrely stubborn.

Duh. Her entire career is based off of good PR, just like Beyoncé. It's genius because the GP eats it up.

Not to mention the end result is good PR for both sides. Taylor ends up looking like the sweetheart looking out for new artists (gag), while Apple ends up look self-aware and trying to change for the better.

People who deny this are either mentally underdeveloped or just plain naiive.

You dont have to be that hard lmfao

d not surprised 1989 is gonna be on Apple music

people who beleive they are right with nothing to prove it are "mentally undeveloped"

or maybe you're just children?

Taylor's haters would love to bring her down. This would be a perfect chance. A scandal to destroy her. All they need to do is bring forth their evidence and it would be easy.

Of course none of them will. They are just being desperate and acting stupid again. They have zero evidence.

Instead they would prefer to try it with their pathetic and unsubstantiated theories. And they claim they are so smart to figure this out while every single investigative journalist in the world is somehow overlooking this expose. ROFL

Bring forth your evidence instead of blaming it on the tooth fairy.

C'mon crazies, it's been days now. You can show us your evidence. If you cannot then you are admitting you are all full of crap and believing in something with nothing to support it. And that is the sign of someone with no capacity for reason.

Is this how people feel about bey

These numpties think that Apple concocted a super-secret plot that was so super-secret that all the media who are desperate for a scandal for both Apple and Taylor, somehow overlooked it, but they are somehow smart enough to finger it out?? And what inside information have they got for this?? Not one piece of evidence.

There are some villages out there missing their idiots.