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TIL Weird Al's biggest problem with services that illegally distributed his music was that they would misattribute songs to him. Al was especially annoyed by profane songs like, "Baby Got Jack” or “Ugly Girl”.

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Bra9D TIL Michael Buffer the "Let's get ready to rumble" guy had the phrase trademarked and as of 2009 it has generated $400 million dollars in revenue.
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