Late last year, Taylor Swift went on a bit of a trademarking tear. She filed paperwork to have all of the following phrases trademarked in the United States: Party Like Its 1989, This Sick Beat, Cause We Never Go Out Of Style, Could Show You Incredible Things, Nice To Meet You. Where You Been? Theyre all signature lyrics off of 1989, her latest album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-ORhEE9VVg Its one example of how Taylor is ultra-protective of her image and public persona. Just a few days ago, she bought the porn domain names for TaylorSwift.porn and TaylorSwift.adult, as a way to counteract people who might use her name to drive traffic to their websites or create adult parodies.
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