TAYLOR Swift has tried to shake off a hypocrisy row on her arrival in Glasgow after she challenged Apple to pay acts on its streaming service.
Allegations have emerged of attempts on the star's behalf to take lucrative rights to images and strictly control what photographers can use.
The bad blood arose after the 25-year-old singer, who performs at the Glasgow Hydro on Tuesday said she would hold back her latest album 1989 from Apple Music in protest at the technology giant's "shocking and disappointing" decision not to pay for songs streamed during a three-month trial period.
Writing online, she said it was "unfair to ask anyone to work for nothing", prompting an Apple executive to tweet this morning that the musicians would be paid.
The move persuaded the tech giant to reverse the payment policy of its new streaming service.
Her Scots boyfriend DJ Calvin Harris praised her stand saying: "I just played a gig inside a giant owl and my girl just changed the entire music industry what a day."
But it also prompted a less complimentary reply from West Midlands freelance photographer Jason Sheldon, who posted what he said was a copy of the photo policy which gives her representatives "free and unlimited use of our work, worldwide, in perpetuity". The document states it is subject to written consent of "the publication".
It also means that following the initial publication of photographs, for which a freelancer usually accepts a one-off fee, he cannot further exploit his work.
Mr Sheldon, who runs the Walsall-based Junction 10 agency, said: "How are you any different to Apple? If you don't like being exploited, that's great ... make a huge statement about it, and you'll have my support. But how about making sure you're not guilty of the very same tactic before you have a pop at someone else?
"Photographers need to earn a living as well."
But her representatives tried to shake off the controversy.
A UK spokeswoman for Swift responded by saying: "The standard photography agreement has been misrepresented in that it clearly states that any photographer shooting The 1989 World Tour has the opportunity for further use of said photographs with management's approval.
"Another distinct misrepresentation is the claim that the copyright of the photographs will be with anyone other than the photographer - this agreement does not transfer copyright away from the photographer. Every artist has the right to and should protect the use of their name and likeness."
Swift's stand against Apple came after she withdrew her entire catalogue from popular streaming service Spotify in November.
She said she was making a stand not for herself but for new artists and bands, young songwriters and producers who would not be paid for a quarter of a year of plays.
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