苹果因泰勒·斯威夫特改变音乐版税政策_时事

苹果因泰勒·斯威夫特改变音乐版税政策

When Taylor Swift speaks, even the most powerfulcompany in the world listens.

泰勒·斯威夫特(Taylor Swift)发表意见的时候，甚至连世界上最强大的公司都会倾听。

Less than 24 hours after Ms. Swift complainedpublicly that Apple was not planning to pay royaltiesduring a three-month trial period of its newstreaming music service, the company changedcourse, and confirmed that it will pay its full royaltyrates for music during the free trial.

斯威夫特公开抱怨称，苹果公司(Apple)不会在其新流媒体音乐服务为期三个月的试用期间支付版税。之后还不到24小时，苹果就改弦更张，确认公司将在免费试用期间全额支付音乐版税。

“When I woke up this morning and read Taylor’s note, it really solidified that we need to make achange, Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet software and services, said in aninterview late Sunday.

苹果的互联网软件与服务负责人艾迪·库伊(Eddy Cue)周日晚些时候接受采访时表示，我早晨醒来后看到了泰勒发的博文，这真的坚定了一个想法，那就是我们需要做出改变。

In a letter posted Sunday morning to her Tumblr page, called “To Apple, Love Taylor, Ms. Swiftaddressed a situation that had begun to send shock waves through the music industry: Apple,which has announced a subscription streaming service to compete with Spotify, Rhapsodyand Deezer, was not going to pay royalties during the trial period.