Re-recording albums let an artist devalue corporate-owned masters by replacing them

Evidence

Swift then made an unprecedented next chess move: She rerecorded her early albums as “Taylor’s Version” soundalikes, effectively devaluing the original masters. Each rerecorded album topped the Billboard charts and became the canonical version within the Swiftie community. Swift’s act of defiance demonstrated how an artist, backed by a devoted fan base, could challenge entrenched industry norms and regain control over their narrative. — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 542

Categorization

• XREF: Concrete case of fans weaponizing consumption against industry power — connects to the status-dynamics mechanism in the omnivore monoculture argument.