Taylor Swift Purchases .adult and .porn Domains

Taylor Swift is just one of a number of famous faces and companies that have secured .porn and .adult domain names ahead of their general release to the public in June.

As BaDoink reported earlier this month, the domains were available to be purchased by groups or individuals with special interests before the rest of the world could get at them on June 1.

Sadly, Ms Swift’s latest purchase doesn’t mean that the Princess Of Pop will be pulling her panties aside as a result of her new pornified sites. Given that Microsoft and Richard Branson are two others that have purchased the domains, it’s probably for the best that this trend doesn’t continue.

The motivation for these purchases will most likely be the implied threat that other operators will take the names and trade of recognizable names for the foreseeable. Whether or not this amounts to a form of cyber-extortion is a question that warrants some mulling over.

Those lucky enough to be granted pre-sale access will pay only $99 to secure each domain. General sale prices will be $2,500.

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