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Re: Is Perez Hilton a pawn in Google’s war?

Tinkerbell the Chihuahua — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 07:19:47 -0000

FIRST!!!!!!! xoxoxo

But seriously, since many people find Lavandeira objectionable as a person (much less his site) I think that the corporate underpinnings of the "affair" might have been overlooked had you not brought them up.

Re: Is Perez Hilton a pawn in Google’s war?

mathewi — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:04:03 -0000

yeah, I found that kind of hard to believe too.

Re: Is Perez Hilton a pawn in Google’s war?

Jim Kukral — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:59:01 -0000

I believe the most shocking thing about that TV week piece is that he's pushing 25 million views of his videos and he's only earned $5k? Wow.

Re: Is Perez Hilton a pawn in Google’s war?

mathewi — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:59:01 -0000

You're probably right, Karoli.

Re: Is Perez Hilton a pawn in Google’s war?

Karoli — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:55:08 -0000

Any lawyer with half a brain would have advised Google to pull those accounts. With a pending lawsuit with Viacom over copyright infringement, the last thing Google needs is a bunch of videos with Viacom content where rights are unverified. I would have expected Google to pull them.

In a case like that, it really does make sense for Perez Hilton to assume the liability on his own, particularly with the amount of traffic driven to that site. Let him assume the liability.