To prevent anyone from capitalizing on her name, the 'Shake It Off' hitmaker has bought some porn site domains in her name.
- March 23, 2015
AceShowbiz -
Taylor Swift has purchased porn site domains in her name. Stuart Lawley, the CEO of ICM Registry which manages .porn and .adult domains, reveals to CNN that the singer has bought TaylorSwift.porn and TaylorSwift.adult.
The domain purchase came a couple of months after a hacker threatened to leak Swift's nude pictures. "PS any hackers saying they have 'nudes'? Psssh you'd love that wouldn't you! Have fun photoshopping cause you got NOTHING," the artist responded.
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is currently expanding the number of generic top-level domains beyond the popular ones like .com and .net. Aside from the .adult and .porn, another web suffix becoming available is .sucks.
They will be made available for public purchase starting June 1, but public figures and companies are allowed to buy any domains in advance before others could get their hands on them.
According to Lawley, Microsoft has also snatched up Office.porn and Office.adult. It's unclear how much they cost, but AdWeek reports they are priced at up to $2,500.
