Comments on: Perez Hilton’s Host Drops His Ass Like It’s Hot

By: Jellyfisher

Jellyfisher — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:03:05 +0000

Have you seen the YouTube video JOss Stone made bashing Perez Hilton? It's Called the Help Perez Hilton Foundation..... the battle is on at Help Perez Hilton Foundation

By: thestarblogger.com

thestarblogger.com — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:25:29 +0000

I also have a gossip blog and am on the fence on this one.
First off this all started when x17 was complaing that Perez was not giving a source for his pic’s!
Which he should but on the other hand if it’s an x17 pic than it has the watermark anyway which
Indicates where the pic originated.
So was that the real reason?
They didn’t really start complaining till Perez’s website
started to blow up and have a lot of publicity.And he started making alot of money! I do not really like Perez because he come’s across as shady. He say’s he get’s his story’s from Anonymous source’s which is not true I haven’t seen anything really on his site that was “exclusive”.And he reports the new’s gossip selectively playing favorite’s not posting anything about Paris till recently. His reader’s notice this and frequently bash him for it in comments but he’s doing something right I guess. People despite complaining come right back for more! I don’t like to put Perez down he put celebrity blogging on the map.So we all (blogger’s) benefit from him in a way. As a person I don’t care for him as a blogger I don’t agree with his tactic’s But what he’s doing as far as the law suit’s is protecting freedom of speech and
by him fighting x17 and other’s
he is protecting us the blog owner’s who rely on pic’s to use in our stories.And the blog reader’s who have there favorite blog’s to Entertain them.Most blog’s do not make that much money
Perez is the exception to the rule.And although we may or may not like Perez. The law suit will
eventually effect all blog’s in the future. So that’s one reason maybe he doe’s not pay for pic’s because if he doe’s than everyone eventually migtht have to ! He can afford it but many almost all other’s can’t and would have to shut down. And that’s where freedom of speech comes in!

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 19:27:58 +0000

I love reading perezhilton.com.I’m thinking the only reason why X17 is being a bunch of crying bitches is because Perez is making much more than they are and plus he’s actually funny!It’s just a big pissing contest on X17’s part I believe,Perez will keep blogging no matter what some celebrity stalking paparazzi(with a fairly bad reputation) throws at him.

By: Hollywood Gossip

Hollywood Gossip — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:17:54 +0000

This is all great information, thanks everyone. I’m not really a fan of Perez, so I don’t care either way about his site, really, but I’m going to keep this all in mind for my site! I take pictures from other celebrity blog sites too but I link to the post the picture came from. I think that’s a safer way of doing it. Of course, I could be totally wrong.

By: GG Girl

GG Girl — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:45:07 +0000

Spicy, you’re my girl.

Note to De Snipa: Even if the celebrity posters on forums are not posting the pics for profit, the forum sites which allow them to post the pics are indeed making money, so you’re theory doesn’t hold up. Obviously, you’ve not noticed the ads on those celeb forums. They are making money via the advertisers, just like Perez. Perhaps more importantly is to ask the question of just where the posters on the forums are actually getting the pics in the first place? Hasn’t that ever seemed odd to anybody else?

I purchase a license via various agencies to publish pics on my sites, but let me tell you, X-17 is the devil. It’s one thing to publish known copyrighted pics like Perez and quite another to see pics all over the intenet and yet only a few sites are singled out for cease and desist letters. What’s the fucking deal with that? This isn’t a level playing field and X-17 chooses who can keep them up and who can’t.

The larger your site is, the more you’re hassled. Trust me.

By: Perezilla

Perezilla — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:22:55 +0000

So it’s ok to use copyrighted material as long as you aren’t making money on your site? Show me one site that uses the pics and doesn’t make any money on their site. Just show me one.

By: J

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:50:39 +0000

I have a gossip blog too and make peanuts. It’s not the photos that make you $$, it’s your sense of humor. I think that Perez is the exception to the rule. None of us are making the money he is making. He SHOULD be paying for the photos. I think it’s ridiculous at how X17 has gone after the little guys as well. And if you are telling me that the celebrity forums (which I do NOT use) are not profitting you are clueless.

By: Da Snipa

Da Snipa — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:30:03 +0000

Well, celebrity forums posters do no post the pics for profit.

Blogs such as Perez’s are supposed to get big advertising money so the bigger the “scoop” or paparazzo pic = the bigger the profits for the blogger, its not rocket science.