Why did Taylor Swift buy porn domain names?

Taylor Swift went shopping, and she bought all the porn domains with her name.

Her recent purchases aren’t as out of the blue as one might think, however. The singer is now the proud owner of porn domain sites like TaylorSwift.porn and TaylorSwift.adult and the likes in an attempt to beat the internet trolls (aka pornographers who want to capitalize on her name, brand and image) to the punch. Swift is hoarding the registered names before .porn, .sucks and et cetera become available for purchase by the public on June 1.

This story was originally published March 23, 2015 at 9:49 AM with the headline "Why did Taylor Swift buy porn domain names?."