From Kticradio.com
Lady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott isn’t the only woman in the entertainment business with that name. It turns out there’s a porn star named Hillary Scott, and the Lady A singer found out about it though the porn star’s manager.
The country singer tells The Las Vegas Sun, “Her representation and management have contacted me about the domain name HillaryScott.com, which is mine and redirects you to Lady Antebellum. Her manager/representation, they wanted the domain name. You have to draw the line somewhere.”
The situation makes Hillary glad she’s part of a band and not a solo artist in the country format. “I’m embarrassed, too, when you Google my name because you don’t have to go too far to find her,” Hillary adds. “Tell people, ‘Don’t Google my name; Google Lady Antebellum!’”
I dunno about y’all but I think Hillary Scott the porn chick had every opportunity to get that URL before Lady Antebellum bought it. Since Hillary Scott is the Lady Antebellum singers real name it is doubtful that the porn chick, whose real name is different would win any domain dispute. It has nothing to do with the trademark, the porn chick may well own a trademark but that doesnt matter if smeones real name is Hillary Scott.
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I believe if the porn star, Hillary Scott (whom I’ve worked with. Great talent!) trademarked the name, anyone else using it for entertainment purposes could get sued. If I’m wrong, she could always add XXX to her site to eliminate confusion.
You only get porn if you add something like “xxx”, “porn” or something else obvious to the search. It’s been like that on Google for a while now (with the exception of obvious sex words like gangbang or bukkake). Ask any webmaster. That said, she singer could just litigate the pornstar until she gives up, unless she has the fortitude and resolve of Mr. Nissan of nissan.com !
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