Perez Hilton Sued Again....and Again

It seems the newest trend in Hollywood is sueing gossip blogger Perez Hilton!

The latest lawsuit has been brought by Britney Spears' record label, Zomba, for illegally posting tracks from Spears' upcoming album.

The company claims Hilton - real name Mario Lavandeira - illegally obtained and uploaded at least 10 completed songs and incomplete demos from new LP Blackout onto the site. The copyright infringement lawsuit was filed by Zomba - which owns the copyright to Spears' recordings - on Thursday (11Oct07) in the U.S. district court in Los Angeles, but does not specify the amount of monetary damages being sought. Zomba has confirmed Spears is not a party in the case. It comes just a day after Lavandeira was the subject of a court summons (10Oct07) to appear in the dock in a $20 million defamation case over claims he accused DJ Samantha Ronson of being responsible for the cocaine found in Lindsay Lohan's car following her (May07) arrest for driving under the influence (DUI).

Hilton has also been sued in the past by lawyers for Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell, X17 Online, and other celeb photo agencies. This year Hilton had to change the logo on his website because it was taken directly from a Nailpro magazine, which is geared toward salon owners and managers.

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"Chester French" Picks Up Where "Weezer" Left Off

Perez Hilton turned me on to a new band by the name of "Chester French", calling them the new "Weezer", with a bit of "The Refreshments", a tad of "Ween", and a wallop of "Beatles".

I followed the link Perez gave which took me to the band's MySpace page, and listened to a few tracks off their album.

I love them! Very hot, very hip, and very fun to listen to.

The band is made up of Maxwell Drummey and D.A. Wallach, two seniors at Harvard University. Two pimply faced, nerdy looking guys, who actually make nerdy look cool.

Click here to give them a little listen. You too could become a "Chester French" convert. And perhaps we won't miss our "Weezer" so much.

Paris and Perez Kiss and Make Up

Paris Hilton and her namesake Perez Hilton share a friendly kiss at Perez's birthday party in West Hollywood over the weekend.

Thanking Lucky Stars I am Not Perez Hilton

I am thanking my lucky stars for a few things today.

1) My name is not Perez Hilton.
2) I am not a well-known blogger yet.
3) I had the good sense not to post any of the Jennifer Aniston topless photos stolen from Universal that were outtakes from 'The Break Up'.

Universal is suing Perez for $2 million bucks for posting the photos, and then another mil for each "coke booger" and vulgarity that Hilton feels he has to put on every picture on his site. I've been a Perez fan all the way, but I definitely stay well behind the lines he crosses daily, which is why he's a much more infamous blogger than I. That suits me just fine right now.

The lawsuit states that the photo was "misappropriated and illegally copied," according to court documents obtained by the Smoking Gun, and that Hilton "illegally obtained a copy of all or part of the stolen footage."

Hilton's attorney's responded saying that the picture was just as available for viewing on other Websites, and that because Hilton published the picture "for the purpose of commentary and satire," his actions constitute fair use.

Good luck, Perez!

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