The Beginning of the End for Perez Hilton!

[greysfang]

Homeskillet it about to get REAMED!

Facing A Lawsuit, Perez Clams Up


END OF AN ERA Perez and posse marked for justice

First, photo-lifting vanity blogger Perez Hilton got called out on the red carpet by a FilmMagic paparazzo, who accused him of swiping a pic, which appeared to involve a Tommy Lee man-kiss. Now, X17, one of the most popular celebrity photo agencies in the game, has Perez in its sights.

"I think we're close to making a decision about how we're going to handle Perez," X17 V.P. Kelly Davis (the one Perez recently called a lying "cunt") tells Radar. She also adds via e-mail that other photo agencies who've been burned by photo-driven celebrity blogs (and perezhilton.com in particular) are getting organized and getting even.

Even celebrity weeklies are lining up against Perez (real name: Mario Lavandeira), says Davis: "One of the head photo editors at a top weekly mag is helping to organize a class action lawsuit against Mario and, in fact, our competition called us yesterday to discuss this."

A successful lawsuit could send a chill through the parasitic celebrity blog community, effectively putting out of business any webmaster who makes his living off of stolen paparazzi photos—and flooding the job market with unemployed fashion assistants and gossip column interns.

Lavandeira, who was working as a rookie gossip reporter before starting his blog, recently told Radar that the paparazzi willingly shared their shots with him and that he helps drum up a higher asking price for them by creating a buzz. A longtime loather of Perez, Davis insists that, while the agency might have failed to crack down on bloggers for copyright infringement initially, it never granted Perez permission to use pictures without paying, crediting, or linking back to the X17 blog (started several months ago in part to publish the agency's own photos before bloggers poach them). Since sending a letter to Hilton demanding he stop using X17's images, Perez has continued to post the occasional shot, and only takes them down after X17 complains.

Online petitioners have long called Perez on his pilfering and, in fact, wished herpes on him. But the hatred seems to be reaching its most actionable level to date. This time, it's just not feeding into his popularity.
Asked in several messages and IMs about stealing photos from X17 and other agencies, an impending lawsuit, and the paparazzi backlash against him, the man who previously answered questions about his past drug use, sexual fetishes, and suicidal thoughts did not respond.

from radaronline

[Voodoo Child]

I never even knew who this guy was until I came here!

[bite me spidey]

Let's all throw a party!!

[LizaMarie]

Good f'in riddance to the piece of S&$T

God how I hate him

[KD]

Good ridance. He's just a big, fat, unhappy BITCH.

[glamazon]

but isn't it bad for other celeb bloggers we love, like dlisted and crunktastical?

I mean, why doesn't he just pay for the photos now that he has money?

as long as it affects just Perez, I will be happy.

[Laurent]

Oh, noooooes!!!

[Elise]

Oh, I hope they ONLY go after Perez. He's such a shithead.

[racermom]

I love Perez! This is a total bummer.

[Bellatheball]

Oh I love this. That bloated gas bag should have packed up and gone home months ago.

I hope they leave dlisted alone (althought that shit ain't safe for work anymore!).

[Ant]

NOOOOOO!!!!!
I'm not a fan of Perez, but it sounds like they're going to put ALL celebrity bloggers out of business - including me!!!
It's not fair that the big fish gets to stomp all over the little people.
Perez has ruined it for all of us!!!
What about all the fan sites out there, who also post pap images and images from Vanity Fair, etc?? Does that mean we won't even be able to jump on the net and check out our favourite star's fansite??

[darksithbunny]

I don't care what they do. There will always be a celeb blog on here somewhere. I will NEVER go back to buying magazines again. They are getting too damn expensive anyways.

[Beeyotch]

He's just a shithead--given how much money he's making (and it makes me sick to know that it is THAT much) he should just pay for the damn photos. I would, if I was making that much money. Not like $3Million Shiloh money, but Wire Image money, yes.

[staralicious]

So does anyone know how much money he IS making. I have heard that he pulls in $200K per year. I would have thought he would be on more than this.

Also how much would the images cost him to use? They wouldn't be that much would they?

[lavi]

I don't think they are going to go after all celeb blogs. There are too many of them. I do think it will be mostly Perez and maybe a few other really big names. However, most people do link back to the photo site as the source. Perez doesn't really do that. Plus, most people aren't going on TV and saying how they are the biggest name in gossip. It's one thing to be posting pictures. It's another to profit and base a career off somebody else's work