Yesterday, Taylor Swift's Twitter account got hacked.
The group responsible threatened to release nude photos, and Taylor's private messages were soon making the rounds online.
On a day like that, we imagine Taylor pauses for a moment and asks herself if all this fame is really worth it.
Then she remembers that she can make money in ridiculous ways like trademarking random phrases and realizes that it's totally, totally worth it.
Yes, like Paris "That's Hot" Hilton before her, Taylor doesn't want anyone making money off her catchphrases but her.
A recent filing with the US Patent and Trademark Office shows that Taylor has applied for the exclusive rights to the phrase "This Sick Beat," as well as other lines from her smash album 1989, including, "'Cause we never go out of style."
That one's a stretch, but we can understand "Beat," as Taylor's really made it her own.
Plus, if she owns it, that means we won't have to see it on t-shirts and walk around with peppy, white-girl rapping stuck in our head for the rest of the day.
So if you were planning on selling, t-shirts, coffee mugs, whisks, baseball bats, billy clubs or anything else emblazoned with the phrase "This Sick Beat," you better think again.
Otherwise, the only thing that'll be getting beat is you, in court! We'll show ourselves out.
