Perez Hilton Hit With Another Lawsuit

Perez Hilton, or Mary Lavender as I like to call him, is being sued for $7.6 million by the photo agency X17 Inc., as you probably already know.

Now Splash News and Picture Agency, Bauer-Griffin, Insight News and Features, Flynet Pictures, and London Entertainment Pictures have all joined together and filed a complaint claiming more than 25 counts of infringement for a total of $7 million.

X17 claims that he has used 51 photographs without permission, payment or credit.

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

“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.

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