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Isembozo sokukhishwa kwakamuva kweVanity Fair sinesithombe sikaTaylor Swift, owaziwa emhlabeni jikelele hhayi njengomunye wabaculi abaphumelele kakhulu, kodwa futhi njengomculi odumile osebenzisa ithonya lakhe ukwenza ngcono izimo zabo bonke abaculi, okungenani uma kuziwa ezinsizeni zokusakaza.

Engxoxweni nomhleli waleli phephabhuku, wathi esikhathini esizayo angathanda ukuguqula udumo lwakhe lube amandla okusiza abampofu, abafana no-Oprah noma u-Angelina Jolie. Ukuthuthukisa isimo sabaculi abahlinzeka ngomsebenzi wabo wokulalela ezinsizeni zokusakaza kuyindlela ende yokutholwa kwezingane eziningana zase-Afrika, kodwa kusengumnikelo omuhle emphakathini.

Ngesikhathi uTaylor Swift ebhala ngehora lesine ekuseni incwadi eya ku-Apple egxeka inhloso yabo yokungawakhokheli abaculi ngomculo odlalwa ohlelweni lwe-Apple Music, ukhumbule ukuthi bangaki abantu abasabela ngemuva kokukhishwa komculo wakhe kuSpotify. Ngaleso sikhathi, abantu abaningi babecabanga ukuthi kwakuwumnyakazo wokufuna inzuzo ongenamsebenzi walabo izimo zomphakathi ezazingabavumisi neze.

“Izinkontileka zisanda kufika kubangani bami omunye wabo wangithumelela isithombe-skrini somunye wabo. Ngifunde isigatshana esithi 'iphesenti elinguziro lesinxephezelo sabanikazi be-copyright'. (…) Bengikhathazekile ngokuthi ngizobonakala njengomuntu olokhu ekhuluma futhi ekhononda ngento engekho omunye umuntu okhalayo ngempela,” kusho uTaylor Swift.

Kodwa ukukhathazeka kwakhe kubonakale kungabalulekile ngesikhathi eba negalelo elikhulu esinqumweni sika-Apple shintsha imigomo kubaculi abasebenza ne-Apple Music. U-Apple waze wammangaza ngokumphatha “njengezwi lomphakathi wobuciko abawukhathalela ngempela. Futhi ngithole kuxakile ukuthi inkampani ebiza izigidigidi zamadola iphendule ngokuzithoba ekugxekweni, futhi isiqalo esingenamali siphendule ekugxekweni njengomshini webhizinisi, ”kucaphuna umculi odumile weSpotify ngaphandle kwereferensi ethile.

Kusukela kumculo kaTaylor Swift ngemuva kokushintshwa kwezimo ku-Apple Music kutholakele, leso sahluko sibonakala sivaliwe. Manje kusazobonakala ukuthi imodeli yamanje ye-Apple Music isimeme yini embonini yomculo, futhi uma kungenjalo, amazwi osaziwayo ngeke athuliswe ukukhathazeka.

Umthombo: I-VanityFair
Photo: GabboT
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