Because success in the music industry is incredibly rare and nearly all artists start out poor and owning nothing. They are employees of the record company in a demanding job where nearly all profit flows to the company.
The few artists that escape this have effectively beat the system and own their own product. Prince and Aretha Franklin come to mind as artists who celebrated the same victory.
Taylor now owns the stuff she sold before she got rich. I am really happy for her but why is this being treated as some kind of victory?
Because success in the music industry is incredibly rare and nearly all artists start out poor and owning nothing. They are employees of the record company in a demanding job where nearly all profit flows to the company.
The few artists that escape this have effectively beat the system and own their own product. Prince and Aretha Franklin come to mind as artists who celebrated the same victory.