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Originally posted by Rentboy
What? You make no sense. Party like it's 1999 has been a famous lyric for over 20 years. She stole it and used it. Now she's trying to own it. I repeat; shameless.
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Taylor is not trademarking 'Party like it's 1999' though. It's obviously a derivative of the phrase but it is not the same phrase, is it.
Actually Prince is a good example to use when showing the importance of trademarks. Prince was in dispute with his label, Warner and was unable to release music under the name of Prince, because Warner owned that trademark. Clearly Prince understood the importance of exact wording in legal documents. So he released music under a symbol or TAFKAP. Prince himself trademarked this symbol did he not? Clearly he understood the value of trademarking.
Look at this story about Prince protecting his lyrics, even from his own fans.
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He has threatened to sue thousands of his biggest fans for breach of copyright, provoking an angry backlash and claims of censorship.
His lawyers have forced his three biggest internet fansites to remove all photographs, images, lyrics, album covers and anything linked to the artist's likeness. A legal letter asks the fansites to provide "substantive details of the means by which you propose to compensate our clients [Paisley Park Entertainment Group, NPG Records and AEG] for damages".
The singer himself is believed to take a close interest in unofficial use of his image and music, monitoring websites from his sprawling Paisley Park studio complex in Minneapolis.
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http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/n...ws.topstories3
Taylor is just being smart and learning from the trademark battles of acts like Prince. Thanks for mentioning him.
Fff. Your posts of delusion are always worth a good laugh. Slay.