X17 Sues Perez Hilton

Perez Hilton, the prolific gossip blogger that is known for his manic posting and goofy hand scribbled additions to photos has been sued by one of the very papparazzi he gets his images from.

The debate has merits on both sides. Is he simply stealing the images that others work so hard to get or is he exercising fair use by making them cultural commentary? As an artist I can see the merits of the first argument. The problem I have is actually with the industry he is supposedly 'damaging'. Their claim is that Hilton is essentially a parasite living off of their work. I dare anyone to think about the papparazzi and not come to taht same exact description. So he doesn't have to run around like a demented moron, getting directly in someone's face, invading their personal space, privacy and dignity in order to get these images. Yeah, higher moral ground...

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