Ok then, I’ve stayed quiet but this is grating my nerves.

1 - Ellen had come out and was openly gay when she started this talk show. Oprah was still the reigning queen of daytime talk. The only other gay talk show host was Rosie, and Rosie wasn’t out at that time. I’m sure Ellen is a human being, and I’m sure her team…

I was informed in the grays that this actually isn’t trademark infringement, so someone running a search through basic copyright/trademark engines wouldn’t find it. Also, one is a shop (not a clothing brand/label) and one is a clothing brand/label.

Honest question here - aren’t those just standard fonts?

>and that Swift needs to hire a new team, as I seriously doubt she’s in charge of doing the day-to-day legwork of commissioning artwork and conducting copyright/trademark searches.

I concur - also I will weigh in as a graphic designer and say that the font and actual placement of the word ‘the’ (used on Swift’s merchandise because ‘The Folklore Album’ makes more sense than ‘Folklore Album’) is significantly different in placement. When you’re talking about such a clean logo look, that means a…

Was it an innocent mistake? Perhaps[.]

My first thought, too. Plus, zero hesitation in saying “oops we screwed up and we’ll fix it.”

Wait, are there people who really think this was intentional?

Ya, seems like the author was pretty hellbent on dragging Tay Tay for the actions of the twitterati, which isn’t fair at all. The Folklore does not sell branded merch, the logos are not all that similar, and they very quickly remedied the situation once she objected, so it seems like a pretty honest mistake on behalf…

Speaking as a graphic designer who designs logos for a living...those two logos can barely be considered similar. Different typefaces, different case, the “the’s” — while bookended in both versions — are styled differently. Not to mention different industries. This is a non-story for me, and getting a charge from…

She gets an instant pass for me. This ended up being free, international level advertising for TheFolklore. All good.

The logo of Folklore is literally the word folklore. It’s not unique enough to be reasonably labeled as stealing. I’m glad Swift honored this though.

Another day in a three week trial, another set of grey comments about they’re no longer on “Team Heard” because of how Heard has seemingly once again demonstrated how evil/insidious etc etc etc she is because some such like contradicting herself, a new star witness with explosive testimony etc etc.

At some point he’s going to need witnesses who were there who weren’t on his payroll and people not trained in domestic violence saying “well I didn’t see bruises so”.

The author. I responded to the author. She was snarking. I responded.

OMG! Jezebel said something nice about Swift!

I don’t know, perhaps not the same one as you, considering how ridiculously aggressive your comment is, lol.

This is the first positive post in years 

What does it matter that she lives in New York? 

Swift was born a yankee: at age 14 her family moved from Pennsylvania to Tennessee so she could launch her country music career. To some people she’ll always be an outsider, even though she’s lived in Tennessee for more than half her life.