Can MQA Dylan be far behind?
Itâs all about the money.
Whatâs wrong with wanting money?
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1. âMoney doesnât talk, it swears.â â âIâm Alright, Ma (Iâm Only Bleeding),â 1965
2. âIâm sick of giving creeps money off my soul.â â1966 interview with biography author Robert Sheldon
3. âHow many times have you heard someone say / If I had his money Iâd do things my way / Hmm, but little they know / Hmm, itâs so hard to find / One rich man in ten with a satisfied mind.â ââA Satisfied Mind,â 1999
4. âAll the money you make will never buy back your soul.â ââMasters of War,â 1963
5. âDonât matter how much money you got, thereâs only two kinds of people: thereâs saved people and thereâs lost people.â â1979 concert in Tempe, Ariz.
6. âThey tell you âTime is money,â as if your life was worth its weight in gold.â ââWhen You Gonna Wake Up,â 1979
7. âWealth is a filthy rag / So erotic so unpatriotic / So wrapped up in the American flag.â â âBand of the Hand (Itâs Hell Time Man!),â 1986
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Awesome research.
Money is necessary. Most of the people on this forum have at least some. Music is an expensive hobby.
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I guess he found out Social Security doesnât go very far.
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More to the point, what is wrong with a guy who is almost 80 having the final say on what happens to this part of his legacy?
How would it be better for him to die and leave his catalog in some sort of legal structure?
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A man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.
Muhammad Ali.
Dylan hasnât sold out. He has simply decided to let someone else do what is required to look after his musical legacy while he takes care of his financial legacy. He is an old man now. He may not even be making those decisions.
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I think Taylor Swift and the Beatlesâ estates might have regretted selling their catalogs to those who bought themâŚ
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The difference there is that the Beatles and Taylor Swift sold early. This is Dylan selling while he is older and still alive to enjoy the fruits of his labors. I recently read that artists had to reissue their work before the 50 year period expired and the work went into the public domain. I read that he recently released something because of this. Maybe this is why he sold out.
Iâd say this is the best he has ever done!
I canât stand his terrible voice; so whoever owns his rights wonât change anything as far as I am concerned.
The Beatles lost their rights already in the 60âs due to corporate maneuvering by Dick James, who sold the majority share in the catalog to ATV without even letting the Beatles know the sale was happening. And they had expressed interest in buying his share.
Paul McCartney has his own music publishing business, and said he thought about buying the songs back, but in the end decided it didnât make sense to pay an astronomical amount to buy his own songs.
The Beatles do still have the right to prevent the use of their own performances of their songs to be used commercially, which is why you hear commercials with cover versions and not with the Beatles performances.
Dylan probably is old and doesnât want to deal with having a company that manages his music. Might as well cash out while heâs alive and know that it is taken care of.
Heâs already allowed his music to be used in commercials, etc, so I donât think this is a big deal.
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Well, if that is the case, a Nobel Prize isnât a bad second best. 
I am one of those âhave everything including every bootlegâ obsessives. ButâŚHeavens Door Whiskey, Victoriaâs Secret ads and now this. The man is clearly sorting that retirement nest egg. I mean he is nearly 80 - time to get off the never ending tour is approachingâŚ
Youâre the one who pays!
Iâm speaking as a Dylan fan but Iâve seen him in the last 20 years and I fear that time may have passed a while ago.
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I hear ya. Seems to depend on the mood or the alignment of the stars or something. One out of every 10 performances are worth hearing. the othersâŚouch !