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, she accused execs Scott Borchetta and Scooter Braun of legally gagging her from performing her Big Machine-era music — which she planned to do at the American Music Awards as well as in a forthcoming Netflix project.Brauna and Borchetta are denying Swift's story start to finish.
"We were shocked to see her Tumblr statements yesterday based on false information," they said in a statement from Big Machine Records and Braun's SB Projects, via. It continues,"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.
Rather than withholding Swift's catalogue, the duo claim the pop star has"admitted to contractually owing millions of dollars and career assets to our company" and refused repeated invitations to work through the conflict.The statement is ruthless in painting Swift's claims as a ploy for sympathy and an act of revenge.
Swift fired back quickly today with receipts. She provided an email from Big Machine detailing the recorded performance gag to, which confirms they've seen the document but haven't"independently verified it." The email states that the label"will not agree to issue licenses for existing recordings or waivers of its re-recording restrictions" in connection with the Netflix documentary.
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