Perez Hilton Sued For $7.5 Million

76. My god,
The perez supporters on this post are complete idiots. If it were YOUR sh*t he was using w/o permission or payment, I'm pretty damned sure you'd have a different opinion.

Posted at 11:58AM on Dec 1st 2006 by yourfunctioningbrain

77. I love Perez. All blogs reprint pictures and stories without permission. You see it daily, so really it's not different, except Perez is making money with his site.

Get a little going for yourself and kaboom, everyone wants in on the action.

Posted at 12:10PM on Dec 1st 2006 by Beth

78. Regardless of whether you like Perez or not, the difference between a blog that you or I would do and the type of blog that Perez does is that he sells space on his site to advertise and is therefore making a PROFIT. Therefore any pictures that he uses that he hasn't taken himself should not be used without permission from the owner of the pics or without paying the owner a pre-agreed price for the pics.

The issue here is very similar to that of not paying for music that is downloaded, and the agencies suing Perez have a very strong case. How would YOU feel if you spent a lot of time and effort to take some pictures or make some music and someone else used these pictures or tunes, without your permission or paying you first, and they made a profit from it? Pretty pissed off, right?

Perez knows that what he is doing is wrong but doesn't want to admit it, and now he'll have to pay the price for it. He could have saved himself a lot of money and hassle if he had just paid for the pictures like anyone else... his blog isn't worth much without the pictures, is it now!

Posted at 10:13PM on Dec 1st 2006 by coalharbourqt

79. I've visited his blog a few times. Nothing spectacular, IMO. He comes off as an arrogant asshat riding on other's (photo agencies, celebs, successful gossip blogs) coattails. His writing is horrible and rarely funny, yet he thinks he's a pioneer and innovator.

I'd buy a round for whoever brought this lawsuit against him. Someone needs to deflate his oversized head.

Posted at 1:23PM on Dec 1st 2006 by Perez is Overrated

80. Am I the only one who remembers when Perez used to make fun of celebrities, instead of hang around them and kiss their asses?

He sold out a LONG time ago. But then again, for 10 grand per ad per week, I probably would too...

Posted at 12:56PM on Dec 1st 2006 by jokes

81. AWWWW the leeches are angry someone is actually leeching of of them! HA HA

Posted at 4:23PM on Dec 1st 2006 by MEGABITE

82. i just saw perez's video on , i want to win the grand prize so I can buy everyone beautiful hats that say "Perez for Prez"

Posted at 5:48PM on Dec 1st 2006 by Liz

83. Team Perez, Bitchez!!

Posted at 5:02PM on Dec 1st 2006 by NY

84. Good, F*** that stuid bitch perez hilton, that poor peice of sh*t should go back into the ground where he came from, i hate him, and he sucks . . . he is as small as his dick is. Im so happy they are taking him to court, i hope they win all 7.5 million dollars and shut him down. TMZ ROCKS, i love you guys

Posted at 7:31PM on Dec 1st 2006 by Mister X X x

85. He's hot.

Posted at 10:31PM on Dec 1st 2006 by Michael Kendall

86. Wench,

"In the United States, anything visible ("in plain view") from a public area can be legally photographed. This includes buildings and facilities, people, signage, notices and images. It is not uncommon for security personnel to use intimidation or other tactics to attempt to stop the photographer from photographing their facilities (trying to prevent, e.g., industrial espionage); however, there is no legal precedent to prevent the photographer so long as the image being photographed is in plain view from a public area."

Goodbye

Posted at 10:52PM on Dec 1st 2006 by You Are The Weakest Link

87. Lots of Britney's Crotch HQ pics: http://www.britneycrotch.org

Posted at 6:25AM on Dec 6th 2006 by FreD

88. Under copyright law, anyone is allowed to use newsworthy photos for satirical purposes...Perez is doing nothing illegal.

Posted at 2:48PM on Dec 18th 2006 by Kelly

89. If he doesn't do something before the court date and it does go to court, he'll lose. He's not parodying the people, he's presenting copyrighted photos on his site without paying for them or being given permission as you need to do by law. He is trying to say that Fair Use permits him to use without permission or payment, pictures that others have taken. Fair Use allows for people to use parts of a work when analyzing or criticizing the work itself, but he isn't analyzing the work (the picture), he's writing about the people in the pictures, which is a huge difference.

The four factors of Fair Use:
1. The Transformative Factor: The Purpose and Character of Your Use - perez 0, x17 1
2. The Nature of the Copyrighted Work - perez 0, x17 2 (as I understand it, perezhilton.com acquired and used some photos before they could be sold, thus making them useless to others)
3. The Amount and Substantiality of the Portion Taken - perez 0, x17 3
4. The Effect of the Use Upon the Potential Market - perez 0, x17 4

Total score - perez 0, x17 4 PEREZ LOSES!

The media is absolutely doing a terrible job on this story. Come on!

Posted at 7:07PM on Dec 18th 2006 by none

90. Honestly folks, Perez doesn't scoop anything, he goes for info that is already out there or "rumored" and then acts like he discovered something. If he gets a hit, then he looks like a saviour or the next messiah. The supposedly suspected people that are supposed to be gay is a list that has been going around for quite some time. Lance, Neil, TR, everyone knew before Perez said anything, you could read it on these men's faces (literally, without Perez drawing that dribble on it). I mean when he said "Russell Simons" I'm like, who told you that his ex-wife, Kimora. Like she wouldn't lie!!!!! He doesn't have sources, cause he doesn't have friends. Eventually, Paris will turn on him too without him having to do a thing. Karma is a b@%$^ Tara Reid knows that.

Posted at 9:57PM on Dec 18th 2006 by Tiki