X17 Sues PerezHilton.com For 7.5 mil cause he stole their photos.

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  • Fred Quimby
    Confirmed User
    • Jul 2004
    • 5430

    #1

    X17 Sues PerezHilton.com For 7.5 mil cause he stole their photos.

    Take that you cock suker


    X17online.com Sues PerezHilton.com For Copyright Infringement
    Dec 1, 2006


    Yes, it's finally happened - after ignoring countless cease and desist notices from numerous photo agencies and media outlets, Mario Lavandeira, a.k.a. Perez Hilton, has been sued in federal court for copyright infringement by X17, Hollywood's largest celebrity photo agency.
    X17 contends that Lavandeira, the owner and operator of the celebrity gossip blog PerezHilton.com and the self-styled "Queen of All Media," has knowingly and willfully used X17's images on his blog without permission from the agency, thereby violating federal law. Lavandeira's actions have caused substantial damage to X17's business in the form of diversion of trade, loss of profits, injury to goodwill and reputation, and the dilution of the value of its rights.

    In court papers filed today, X17, the owners of X17online.com, seek over $7.5 million in damages for Lavandeira's infringing activities.
  • Mr.Right - Banned For Life
    I guarantee it
    • May 2005
    • 18314

    #2
    like he will care, that would be a months pay for him lol, well maybe not a month, but he makes some serious money from advertisers on that blog of his.

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    • DjSap
      Confirmed User
      • Jul 2002
      • 3869

      #3
      i wonder how much he actually makes from the blog...

      although couldn't he argue its satire seeing as he draws cocks on almost every picture?
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      • LiveDose
        Show Yer Tits!
        • Feb 2002
        • 25792

        #4
        I wonder what the settlement will be.

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        • wyldblyss
          Confirmed User
          • Nov 2003
          • 5779

          #5
          I'd be interested in knowing how much that site pulls in too

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          • WDjay
            Confirmed User
            • Feb 2006
            • 381

            #6
            Originally posted by Batts
            like he will care, that would be a months pay for him lol, well maybe not a month, but he makes some serious money from advertisers on that blog of his.
            Not true. I happen to know that he makes very little off of the ads on that site (it's in the low xxx,xxx per year) This will hurt him.

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            • OzMan
              Confirmed User
              • Sep 2003
              • 9162

              #7
              oh shit..and I steal all my celebrity pics off perezhilton..I better lie low for a while I guess

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              • jasonir
                Confirmed User
                • Aug 2002
                • 1887

                #8
                Awesome!!!!!
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                • RawAlex
                  So Fucking Banned
                  • Oct 2003
                  • 9465

                  #9
                  I hope like heck that this one gets slapped hard. It would be nice for there to be a solid precident one way or the other to work from.

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                  • spacekadet
                    Confirmed User
                    • Jul 2005
                    • 328

                    #10
                    His traffic has gone from ~ 1M Uniques a day a month or two ago to now ~4M uniques a day. He is a moron for not getting permission.
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