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[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 99 points 8 months ago

Ahh yes, the woman who wanted to... (checks notes) hmm copyright a fucking date because she used it for an album...

Ffs there is no such thing as an ethical money hungry person.

[-] lud@lemm.ee 27 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

She did actually get those trademarks:

Trademarks for years (and others shit) like that are pretty common. Like this one for 2023: https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=77026303&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch

Here is one for "LOL": https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=77669187&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch

She doesn't own the year, I think she is just the only one allowed to use it for merchandise, albums, and a bunch of other stuff. Basically no one in the USA is allowed to make a T-shirt with 1989 on it. Maybe it would be fine if the t-shirt has no other connection to Swift. Dunno.

She has a fuckton of trademarks. Just search for "TAS RIGHTS MANAGEMENT, LLC " on https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/search/search-information

[-] 1847953620@lemmy.world 20 points 8 months ago

jfc, it's actually worse than I thought

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 14 points 8 months ago

Copyright is often quite context sensitive, it doesn't mean nobody can use that date, they just can't name an album after it.

[-] dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 14 points 8 months ago

I mean, there's probably a ton of crap on her. I have no idea, I haven't read up on her, but I would assume that every billionaire has a lot of smoking guns with regard to pollution, bad work conditions and unethical handling of capital. But if the worst you have on her is that she attempted to copyright '1989', it doesn't really seem too bad.

[-] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 23 points 8 months ago

Her private jet has the most CO2 emissions out of any celebrity. She defended that by saying she rents it out, so it wasn't all her; as if that changes how much the private jet she owns has emitted. As far as the rest of her environmental impact, it is likely no worse than other performing celebrities so not great but in larger amounts than other celebs.

She does seem to do well by her support staff. She gave out $55m in bonuses to everyone who worked on her last tour.

She has donated a lot, but I couldn't find out if she has donated over the deduction cap or if she claimed the donations. As far as I can tell the majority has been given to food insecurity charities and disaster relief. So even if it is a tax scheme, she seems to be giving in the right direction.

I am not a fan of her music, but she doesn't seem like a terrible person except that she has unimaginable wealth, a massive platform, a highly influential brand, and isn't doing as much as she could to help others.

this post was submitted on 15 Dec 2023
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