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Nasir and Matt end their week together in San Diego by discussing Taylor Swift and other celebrities purchasing their own top level domains related to porn. Also, check out the new pizza site for Pasha Law! Full Podcast Transcript NASIR: All right. Welcome to our podcast where we cover business in the news and add our legal twist. My name is Nasir Pasha. MATT: And I’m Matt Staub. NASIR: Recording live in San Diego, California. MATT: Still here. You’re still here. NASIR: We’re all still here. Perfect. So, we had to cover this next topic because Matt was searching Taylor Swift in porn and it just came up. Since you were looking at it, why won’t you tell us what we’re covering today? MATT: Well, it’s only funny because I’m using the communal iPad at the university club so whoever gets this next, this search is going to be hilarious. But it’s not just that, there’s that, dot-porn, dot-xxx. I like the one that’s dot-sucks because you can actually have some fun with that one with competitors. It’s these – I always forget the name of these – specialized domain? NASIR: They’re called TLDs – top level domains. MATT: Top level domains, that’s what it is. NASIR: Yeah. Yeah, speaking of pashalaw.pizza. MATT: Still can’t believe that’s an actual thing. It’s hilarious. NASIR: Well, remember I said, it was last year we found out that dot-pizza was coming out and I think was – I don’t know, I don’t remember the date it actually came out – February of this year or something like that and I almost forgot about it and I was worried that someone was going to take it, but I was okay. But, in June first, there’s all these other ones coming out, right? MATT: Yeah, and I don’t have the full list of ones that are coming out but the ones that people are having problems with are the ones we mentioned that were, you know, not putting these individuals in the best light, I guess. The dot-sucks one I think is kind of funny. People could have some fun with that. NASIR: Yeah, it seems like all the bad ones or all the negative ones are coming out on the first of June. I wonder why they did it together like that – sucks, porn, and adult. MATT: So, how does that work? I mean, is it just hit a certain time and then it’s open? Like, first come, first served? NASIR: On June first, it’s starting but – I don’t know – it’s basically there’s this nonprofit organization called the ICANN – Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers – and there’s a whole history of ICANN and how the internet started. That’s kind of geeky and you can look it up. But, now, when it comes to these top level domains, some of the organizations that are associated with this are giving… the registration office is giving these celebrities an early bite at the apple. I’m not sure what their basis and reasoning is. Well, I understand the reasoning is because, like, for example, the dot-sucks domain for Taylor Swift is still available and the reason it’s available is because it’s operated by another company and it costs up to $2,500 to buy this out. Right now, they’re selling at a premium. Even dot-pizza I think was not a regular cost. It was like $50.00 for a year or something like that and I paid for probably 90 years. MATT: Money well-spent for 90 years. Yeah, so it’s interesting that – and my internet’s not cooperating but I believe – Taylor Swift bought some of these websites. NASIR: So, she bought dot-porn, dot-adult, and probably others, I’m sure. MATT: Dot-pizza. NASIR: And dot-pizza. MATT: We should buyer taylorswift.pizza. NASIR: We’ve got to buy it before this episode comes out. MATT: This reminds me of when – it was a thing on ESPN, actually, or SportsCenter – when the internet started really becoming popular and some of – for whatever reason – I remember Warren Sapp who’s recently been in the news for not great things. At the time, he was playing… NASIR: I have no idea what you’re talking about. MATT: Well, you can look it up.