She's been talking about Spotify not being a good deal for artists for a while—and not just artists, but for everybody involved in the creative process. I think she probably would have pulled her music a couple albums ago if she'd thought could get away with it . . . but I don't think she was a big enough star until…

She isn't demanding more money from Spotify. She's just not putting her music on Spotify because their pay is too low.

Why wouldn't somebody be hostile about the sexism she's experienced in the industry?

I'd argue that for most people it's the setting (both the Edwardian era British setting and the Neverland setting have substantial appeal) or the "learning to grow up" themes. There is actually a lot of psychological stuff that gets explored in the text, in regards to Peter's "never wanting to grow up"—and living in a…

Thanks for this explanation—I haven't used spotify since the early days and was wondering when they changed their model.

Youtube has other uses than just streaming songs, though—like, right now, the most recent videos on Swift's account are a bunch of outtakes from the "Shake It Off" video, each of which has a couple million views. If, for every song you post, you can also upload 10 clips of outtakes, a couple personal videos, a few…

She was signed to an artist development deal at 13. I'd qualify that as "working in the business."

Spotify isn't an album. If someone is using it as a replacement for one, they already don't care about hearing the album OR hearing specific songs (as in individual $1.29 downloads).

Why is it wrong for Taylor Swift to want to make money?

She's going to be 25 in December and she's been working as a professional in the music industry since she was 13. (And worked as an amateur for several years before that.) Do you think a college education would better prepare her for working in the music business than, you know, actually working in it for half her…

Do you know . . . anything about her? Seriously, reading one profile of her would make it very clear that she's been the main force in charge of her career since she was about 16 and that she knows what she's doing.

It's kind of hard to decide if a system like Spotify is a better comparison to the radio or to an album, though. Some users use it as a replacement for the former, but I'd guess that most probably use it as a replacement for the latter.

Keep in mind, though, that only a small percentage of that is going to the artist. Labels/managers/publishers/songwriters/etc. are all still taking a substantial cut too (and then in Avicii's case there are guest artists to split with on top of that). It's obviously not chump change, especially given that it's one of…

They're legitimately missing out on a good marketing opportunity! (As a child, I had an ancient copy of this musical starring Mary Martin that we'd taped off of TV. It must have been sponsored by the peanut butter because they had at least one commercial every break.)

At least she's in good company. The same thing happened with Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady and Leslie Caron in Gigi.

While I don't think the music itself shows much "maturation," I do think the lyrics are indicative of somebody who's lived a little more, has a better understanding of her personal relationships and of herself—that does show an evolution. She seems much more self-confident than she has in past songs. Her increasing…

Really? I think she can only get away with about one more pop album before critics and her fans will start pushing for her to do something more serious. She'll be pretty close to thirty by then, which is kind of a cut-off for most pop stars, and critics obviously know she's capable of more. Plus a lot of her fan base…

Bill Murray, Michael Fassbender, and Sean Penn (duh). Maybe Nic Cage if you wanna get technical about it.

That, and the fact that the statute of limitations had expired on almost all of their cases, meaning that financial gains weren't a motivating factor for anybody but the one woman who initially filed the case. Eliminating "They're just saying that for money!" as a motive doesn't give Cosby's defense team a whole lot…

It was settled in 2006.