“The LA Times calls Perez,
"like US Weekly, the Star, the Enquirer and Life & Style all rolled
into one sweet yet snarky, sagacious yet salacious gay man." Rolling Stone
writes, Perez is “The Queen of mean”, The New York Times describes him “Love
him or (he prefers) hate him… [He] has become a hard-to-ignore Hollywood
player. Perez was named the #1 Web celebrity for ’07, ’08 and ‘09 by Forbes
Magazine and as one of the 15 most influential Hispanics in the US by People in
Espanol. PerezHilton.com averages over 280 million page views and 13.5 million
unique visitors per month.” (Perezhilton.com, 2004)
www.perezhilton.com
is an entertainment blog that posts information about celebrities, music, and
fashion. I have been following this blog since my freshman year in college. I
was made aware of this blog from a few of my friends who shared it with me via Facebook.
This blog is strictly for entertainment news and the bulk of the information on
here is gossip. Mario Armando Lavandeira, Jr.aka Perez Hilton website
started off writing gossip stories about local celebrities from his lap top. People started sharing his blog via social
media because of not only the gossip stories he would post, but his comical remarks
about each gossip story. In addition, viewers could also comment on the stories
which made this blog interactive. Soon,
everyone knew about www.perezhilton.com.
Perez Hilton has gained an extremely successful career from the start of his
celeb gossip blog. Perezhilton.com is
said to get over 300 million hits a month. Today you can see Perez Hilton all
over the media scene. “Featured in/on the L.A. Times, The View, The Wall Street
Journal, MTV’s TRL, Larry King, CNN, E!, Time, Paper Magazine, LIFE, SPIN, CBS
News, Business Week, Much Music, LA Magazine, The Advocate, Dateline, Howard
Stern, Us Weekly, InTouch Weekly, NY Times, LA Times, Billboard and many more.
"P Nasty" has created an empire which includes his own record label,
Perezious Music, introducing acts such as Slimmy, Travis Garland and Semi
Precious Weapons to the world. He also launched his mobile website at
m.perezhilton.com, a new fashion website CoCoPerez.com and two best sellers in
2009, Perez Hilton’s Red Carpet Suicide and Perez Hilton’s True Bloggywood
Stories.” (“Perez Hilton Biography,”2013)
In terms of best
practices and credibility the first thing I thought of was all the different images
this website posts. I wondered where these photos came from. I also wondered
where Perez Hilton got his information.
Who are his sources? Are these gossip stories credible? While searching the
website I did find a few disclaimers:
“All images on
perezhilton.com are readily available in
various places on the Internet and believed to be in public domain. Images
posted are believed to be posted within our rights according to the U.S.
Copyright Fair Use Act (title 17, U.S. Code.)
Claims of Infringement
If you believe that any content appearing on
perezhilton.com
infringes on your copyright, please let us know. E-Mail
info@perezhilton.com
following information to us and the infringing material will be removed as soon
as possible.
(a) your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
(b) a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
(c) the exact URL or a description of each place where alleged infringing
material is located;
(d) a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use
has not been authorized by you, your agent, or the law;
(e) your electronic or physical signature or the electronic or physical
signature of the person authorized to act on your behalf; and
(f) a statement by you made under penalty of perjury, that the information in
your notice is accurate, that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act
on the copyright owner's behalf
Please also note that under Section 512(f) of the Copyright Act any person
who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity is infringing
may be subject to liability.
The images posted are posted from the internet and
according to the U.S. Copyright Fair Use Act it is within rights that public
images are allowed to be posted via this website. In terms of the actual
content, most if not all is basically speculation and gossip related. I don’t think
many consider this website a “go to” for accurate news as gossip is predominately
based on hearsay and for entertainment purposes.
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