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Some days you go to class and you learn something that puts everything in perspective and you realize you made the right decision going to law school. Copyright class tonight was such a moment.

As you surely know, Rick Salomon, Paris Hilton’s ex-boyfriend, recently released a video of the two of them engaged in sexual congress. He actually sells copies of the tape on his Web site, trustfundgirls.com. Now he is suing another Internet site, sexbrats.com, for also selling the video. On what grounds is he suing? Copyright infringement. He owns the copyright to the video.

What’s great is sexbrat’s attorneys’ rejoinder. They have filed a motion to dismiss Salomon’s suit, which alleges Salomon committed fraud on the Copyright Office by claiming that he was the sole author of the work in question.

Says the motion: “Salomon’s failure to identify Ms. Hilton as a co-author on the application for copyright registration renders the certificate of registration invalid and fraudulent.” Hilton didn’t just act in the film, sexbrats alleges, she’s a co-author.

“Unfortunately for Salomon, the video also depicts Ms. Hilton participating fully in the creation of the video,” the motion says. “Ms. Hilton offered directorial comments and physically controlled and directed the camera.” From what I’ve learned so far in intellectual property class, this sounds like a pretty good argument.

I can’t wait to be an attorney.

Feb 25, 2004 | Comments

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5 comments posted

  1. Posted by kevin - 02/25/2004

    “directorial comments”
    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

    lawyers talk funny

  2. Posted by Michael - 02/25/2004

    Surely there must of been someone who did the script writing as well??

  3. Posted by Randy - 02/26/2004

    Yeah, lawyers DO talk funny.

    This is almost as good as Eminem suing Apple for copyright infringement when Apple used a slice of an emimen song in one of its commercials.

    Ha!

  4. Posted by dj of raleigh - 02/26/2004

    I’d sit on that jury and judge the evidence.
    I’d like to see the parties in the picture
    recreate the actual incidents to judge actors
    vs authors.

  5. Posted by SAL PETRI - 03/13/2004

    Anyone that pays $.05 for that film deserves to loose their money! To sum of what I thought about the “film” she “Sucked!”

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