A guitar instructor who claims to have taught Taylor Swift how to strum is being sued after taking his claims to a website, titled "ITaughtTaylorSwift.com." The performer and her legal team don't appreciate being part of his self-advertising campaign, according to The New York Daily News.
Ronnie Cremer claims that, prior to her becoming a household name, he gave Swift lesson twice a week, as well as the more audacious claims that he assisted her in recording a demo and gave the performer her first digital recording experience.
It's understandable that when a celebrity employs your services, you advertise it. That's why the bar down the street from your house has a signed photo of that one guy from Law & Order. They didn't rename the joint "Christopher Meloni's" however. That would most likely be illegal. Cremer's not backing down however.
"I almost feel like they were trying to bully me a little bit. I'm not giving back the domain name. I mean, Go Daddy sold it to me," he said, clearly understanding the concept of intellectual property.
Swift's legal team has been busy this week. We just reported last week that her representatives had reached out to a number of Etsy retailers, who were producing products featuring her likeness or lyrics, and demanding that they cease and desist. Even more headlines were dedicated to her actions of trying to trademark the phrase "this sick beat" from the single "Shake It Off."
We're a tad more sympathetic to her suit against Cremer than trademarking every three-word phrase she utters.
As for the site, it doesn't exactly exist at the moment and no one clarifies if it ever got off the ground. Instead, entering "ITaughtTaylorSwift.com" into an internet browser takes you to the Daily News article. Some bizarre ploy to get hits on the paper's part?
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