Hallmark to Paris: It's Your Fault People Make Fun of You

Hallmark is responding to Paris Hilton's lawsuit, in which she claims they used her image to sell cards -- and their explanation to her could be an open greeting card to young Hollywood:
Paris Hilton
The company's motion to dismiss said, "Hilton has become a household name, based in large part on her efforts to draw attention to herself. Having done so, she has subjected herself to public scrutiny and the parodist's pen. The First Amendment does not allow her to respond by welcoming the fawning and flattering, but silencing the critical and comical."

Hallmark, when you care enough to send in the very best attorneys!



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91. Dear Paris,

All of us 800 Pound Gorillas love you Paris.
You are the greatest.
You are so hot.

800 Pound Gorilla

Posted at 12:07PM on Nov 9th 2007 by 800 Pound Gorilla

92. #70 Paris as a closet housemaid - please elaborate on your story..........

Posted at 12:26PM on Nov 9th 2007 by anonymouse

93. It would have been funnier if she'd had been an tem on the menu eg: "Item no.2 is hot! Its the 'Paris Special' and comes with a side order of penicillian & a limo ride to the free clinic after you meal sir."

Suck it up Paris.

Posted at 6:51PM on Nov 10th 2007 by Passion81

94. This lawsuit is a joke. Or could be a marketing scheme cooked up by Hallmark and Hilton. After all, Hallmark owns the upscale/high end Halls department stores here in Kansas City. Paris sues Hallmark, they say sorry, she promotes her crap in their stores and as a bonus, she can drive the crowds out of their Crown Center shopping mall at the end of the day with her horrible singing.

Posted at 5:32AM on Nov 10th 2007 by NDNBC

95. Shut up Paris she is nothing but a BIG BABY I hate her she is so STUPID she needs to learn that the world is not nice it is a mean place and there are people out there who HATE HER.

Posted at 3:33PM on Nov 12th 2007 by Justine

96.

I, too, question why she is lurking around a porn shop acting all high and mighty. She knows darn well her only claim to fame is Daddys' mega bucks and her porn video. She's been so willing to show her T & A and extract what cash she could for it. She is a media hound, flashing her vagina to cameras in an attempt to keep the exploitation and cash cow going. She's done her best to have her "image" seen in as many places as she could, so I don't get what her basis for suing anybody is.

I think she is so desperately sue happy that she will turn around and bite the hand that feeds her.

Posted at 10:06PM on Nov 10th 2007 by Shar

97. Shar...

I think that what's actually bothering Hilton is the other Hallmark card, which she probaly can't sue over. The other card is a definite parody, and shows her in caricature -- not a photo image of her -- standing behind bars holding one of her small dogs. Actually, it pokes a lot more fun at her than the one she's suing over. I'm guessing this suit is more about $$, publicity, and sour grapes about the card that shows her behind bars.

I'm not an attorney, but I think the appropriation issue centers on the card with her photo image -- not the card that shows her in caricature. The limitations of her trademark, "that's hot," are a problem for her, especially if Hallmark can show relevance using the public figure and parody arguments. I’m guessing that the photo image is Hilton's only possible, valid argument in this entire suit.

Posted at 12:15AM on Nov 11th 2007 by Genna

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