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Taylor Swift copyrights ‘This Sick Beat’ and other phrases

By Tony Tran

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Pop sensation Taylor Swift copyrights five phrases from her latest album.

As if having her album 1989 become the first record to reach platinum in decades, and having several singles on the Billboard top 200 list for years, Taylor Swift is continuing her diabolical reign on the music world by trademarking several phrases from her 1989 album. At the risk of being sued by her highness and our benevolent overlord Ms. Swift, the phrases are as follows (provided by the Rolling Stone, so blame them!):

  1. Party Like It’s 1989™
  2. This Sick Beat™
  3. Cause We Never Go Out Of Style™
  4. Nice to Meet You, Where You Been?™
  5. Could Show You Incredible Things™

Hilariously enough, she couldn’t get a hold of the phrase “Shake It Off” because it has already been trademarked by a fitness company.

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What’s even more interesting about the copyright of these phrases though is the fact that there’s a whole grocery list of items prohibited from using the phrases without a license. Everything from accessories like guitar straps and t-shirts to stuff you would never think to put Taylor Swift lyrics on. As The Rolling Stones reports:

"Some of the more obscure – and likely obligatory – items covered by her trademarks include typewriters, walking sticks, non-medicated toiletries, Christmas stockings, “knitting implements,” pot holders, lanyards, aprons, whalebone, napkin holders and the particularly ominous collection of “whips, harness and saddlery.”"

So think twice before you decide to emblazon your S&M gear with “This Sick Beat™” or crochet a lovely “Party Like It’s 1989™” tea cozy. You might just find yourself staring at the business end of a subpoena if you do. After all, Taylor hates all the liars and dirty dirty cheats of the world.

[H/T: The Rolling Stone, The Hollywood Reporter]

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