Perez Hilton sued (again?)

greysfang · April 24th, 2007, 04:32 PM

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Perez Hilton Smacked Upside The Blue Head With Lawsuit

Filed under: Lawsuit , Perez Hilton

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He's making $800,000 a year!!!! $800,000!!?!?!?!?! Are you f*cking kidding me? That's it, I am getting out that goddamn white pen and drawing coke, and piss-streams (on pictures he's using without permission from the paparazzi agencies) and using catchy made-up words like "shiteous". $800,000!!! I am one thirsty, hating bitch right now. Oh, right, the story - Perez Hilton got sued for reals .

We hit Perez Hilton with a multi-million million dollar copyright lawsuit yesterday. Five celebrity photo agencies - Splash, Bauer-Griffin, Flynet, INF and London Entertainment Pictures warned Perez last December that we could no longer accept his unlawful use of copyright pictures without payment or credit. He and his lawyers have refused to pay up and refused to take down unlawfully obtained photos. They don't even have the decency to respond. Most bloggers out there are decent, honest business people who understand the photographers need to earn an income and we thank all of you who do pay and credit and we are happy to supply you so you can entertain your readers.
But the time has come to show Perez he can no longer get rich off the back of other peoples' work. News reports and some boasting from Perez put his income at over $800,000 a year from advertising revenue and his appearances on TV shows, TV programs etc. He says he gets up to 4 million unique visitors a day. Yet he doesn't pay a cent to anyone whose material he uses to get fame and fortune.

The poor thing's income would take a dent if he actually paid to license the photos he scribbles all over. Hilton is also facing lawsuits by X17 and NBC Universal for stealing their copyrighted material as well. The dudes days are numbered.

Awwww, my publisher pays for our photos which makes me "decent" and "honest". Little do they know. I'll kick your grandma for a dollar! And it sounds like Perez would do it for .50!
Seriously, the funny part of all this is that out of all of us bloggers (and trust me, I'm Z-list but I know), he probably makes the most cash and could afford to pay for his photos with no problem, so it makes no sense that he steals the stuff.

A Socialite's Life

I can't figure out if this is the same suit or a new one.

Mira · April 24th, 2007, 04:38 PM

Looks new to me, unless X17 is a parent or subsidiary of one of the newly-mentioned plaintiffs.

Karistiona · April 24th, 2007, 05:39 PM

Good I hope he gets done for everything he's guilty of. How does this cretin make like...four hundred times what I do?! I have a real job! and nice hair!

doriangray · April 24th, 2007, 06:14 PM

the poster boy for jealous, bitter fatties

McJag · April 24th, 2007, 06:16 PM

Line for litigation forms to the left.

OCK · April 24th, 2007, 06:27 PM

Why is he so popular? His blog isn't funny, it's stupid.

Novice · April 24th, 2007, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Mira

Looks new to me, unless X17 is a parent or subsidiary of one of the newly-mentioned plaintiffs.

As far as I know, it's a new one. The X17 one is ongoing & they're back in court soon I think.... They're quite a long way down the line with theirs.
Good luck X17!

SVZ · April 24th, 2007, 07:18 PM

Here's the press release

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PEREZ HILTON SUED BY PAPARAZZI

We hit Perz Hilton with a multi-million million dollar copyright lawsuit yesterday.

Five celebrity photo agencies - Splash, Bauer-Griffin, Flynet, INF and London Entertainment Pictures warned Perez last December that we could no longer accept his unlawful use of copyright pictures without payment or credit.

He and his lawyers have refused to pay up and refused to take down unlawfully obtained photos. They dont even have the decency to respond.

Most bloggers out there are decent, honest business people who understand the photographers need to earn an income and we thank all of you who do pay and credit and we are happy to supply you so you can entertain your readers.

But the time has come to show Perez he can no longer get rich off the back of other peoples' work.

News reports and some boasting from Perez put his income at over $800,000 a year from advertising revenue and his appearences on TV shows, Tv programmes etc.

He says he gets up to 4 million unique visitors a day. Yet he doesnt pay a cent to anyone whose material he uses to get fame and fortune.

The lawsuit alleges that Perez's success is a direct result of his theft of copyrighted photos and video.

Hilton has repeatedly refused agency demands to pay for photos, credit the photographers and remove the pictures when notified.

"Perez has achieved his fame and fortune by unlawfully taking and exploiting other people's work. Using someone else's only means of earning money to make yourself rich at their expense is most un-American," said Gary Morgan, CEO of Splash News.

"Photographers work incredibly long hours quite often on a commission only basis to earn their living and Perez's illegal use of the photos devalues their pictures in the legitimate celebrity magazine, TV and online world.

"Most bloggers are law abiding paying customers. They have to pay for photos but Perez gets rich by refusing to pay for them. There is no question he is famous because of other peoples hard work. All the agencies have asked for all along is fair pay for a fair day's work.

The 99 page suit was filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles, CA.

It states that Lavandeira unlawfully publishes the agencies' copyright protected works on a daily basis without their consent, without paying, without crediting the agencies or the agencies photographers as creators of the images.

Chris Doherty, President of one of the plaintiff agencies, INF, said: "Perez Hilton is making a mockery of the copyright laws in this country and all over the world, and it is now time for the U.S. legal system to recognize this and put a stop to it.

"Lavandeira is becoming a household name, not to mention a very wealthy man, directly on the back of our labors and investment in gathering the news.

The suit alleges twenty five civil counts against Lavandeira and a number of unknown defendants including copyright infringement, unfair competition by misappropriation of hot news, and civil conspiracy under the laws of California and New York.

The agencies are requesting statutory damages of $150,000 for each of the infringements, totalling in excess of $7 million dollars, along with the costs of the lawsuit and the agencies' attorneys fees.

The agencies also request that any profits made by Lavandeira be seized by the court and that all of the copyright protected images be removed permanently from the perezhilton.com site.

Grimmlok · April 24th, 2007, 07:40 PM

You'd think with that 800,000 a year he could GET A STAIRMASTER YOU FAT FUCK

Novice · April 24th, 2007, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Grimmlok

You'd think with that 800,000 a year he could GET A STAIRMASTER YOU FAT FUCK

You are a wicked, wicked man! But exceedingly funny!!!

(He's too busy sucking up to Banned's deceased arse to do that & I think that you forgot about his cheap, bad dye job....)

JelliJules · April 24th, 2007, 08:37 PM

Nice commentary on our society. Some fat ass drama geek follows celebrities around and makes special deals with them to "only say nice things" and ends up make 800,000 a year. YET THE FAT F*** can't get an office??? He has to sit in a public coffee shop and photo shop white penises and the word VAG on stolen paparazzi pictures.

So this is what we've come to. This is the American Dream...this guy should be taken for all he's got and sent packing to low paying service job in a sub par retail store. He's a low-life plain and simple. PLUS---I am convinced he takes deals from certain celebs so he won't inform the public about the truths they hide.

ordell · April 24th, 2007, 11:32 PM

That fat queer is 29 and looks 45. Karmaic comuppance in 3....2....