Perez Premieres New Litigation Tactic
To get even for a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Zomba Records, Perez Hilton announced last night that he will not blog about any Zomba-related artists, including Leona Lewis, Jennifer Lopez, Whitney Houston, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, Pink, and many more. Zomba filed a lawsuit against Perez on October 11, 2007, because Perez allegedly leaked approximately ten songs from Britney Spears’ Blackout album before its release date.
Perez makes two big admissions in his strategy announcement:
- Perez claims that Sony BMG — which owns Zomba — is making “outrageous demands” to settle the lawsuit. This means that the parties are discussing settlement, which always starts with “outrageous demands.” Expect Perez to cough up some dinero to make the case go away, although he may be kicking and screaming the whole time.
- Perez writes, “Sony BMG may win this battle, but at the end of the day we will be the ones laughing.” If Zomba’s attorneys are awake, they will grill Perez about this statement in deposition. Perez clearly has reached the conclusion that he may be held liable. Find out why!
Popsquire ponders…
- Is Perez cutting off his nose to spite his face? If he will no longer blog about Zomba and Sony BMG artists, he likely will be missing out on mucho material. Although Perez believes that the artists need him, one might wonder if the opposite is true.
- Will Zomba’s attorneys hold Perez to his ego-tastic proclamation in drafting a settlement agreement? Sony BMG and Zomba likely would be happy to keep their artists out of Perez’s blog, especially if they end up on his bad side!
