Saturday, February 03, 2007

Paris Hilton stops ParisExposed.com



Website barred from cashing in on Hilton

A US judge has told a website to stop selling photos, videos, diaries and other items belonging to heiress Paris Hilton that were once kept at a storage facility.

Hilton sued ParisExposed.com last month, saying it exploited her personal belongings, including a reputed bubble bath video, for commercial gain.

The injunction issued on Saturday temporarily bars the website from releasing Hilton's Social Security number, health data and other personal information.

Hilton's spokesman, Elliott Mintz, said he was pleased.


"I know what this has done personally and emotionally to Paris," Mintz said.

"As far as I'm concerned, this is the most disturbing intrusion upon the privacy of a public figure that I've ever witnessed."

The subscription-based website was launched last month and claims to have footage of Hilton in a "sexy bubble bath" video and various shots of the 25-year-old socialite in "racy situations".

Hilton has said she put her possessions in storage two years ago when she and her sister, Nicky, moved out of a house that was robbed.

Her lawsuit alleges that two defendants paid $US2,775 ($A3,590) for the contents at a public auction and sold the items for $US10 million ($A12.94 million) to entrepreneur Bardia Persa, who created the website.

Persa, who could not be reached for comment, is due in court on February 16 to address the injunction.

Diddy over his name on myspace and youtube

A London-based record producer launched his bid on Thursday to force US rapper and hip-hop music producer Sean "Diddy" Combs to change his alias or stop using the hugely popular MySpace and YouTube internet sites.

Richard "Diddy" Dearlove says that Combs has breached an earlier undertaking not to use the name "Diddy" in Britain, because people there can see Combs' pages on the international MySpace and YouTube sites were he appears as "Diddy".

"We want him either to use a neutral name like P Diddy or to shut them down," said Iain Purvis, Dearlove's lawyer at the High Court in London where the case is being heard.

Both internet sites have become key marketing platforms for international artists, and Combs' site on www.myspace.com showed that his profile had been visited nearly 10 million times.


Purvis said that in keeping with an earlier agreement, Combs ensured British visitors to his website www.diddy.com were diverted to a British site where the offending name was not used.

However, he was powerless to do so in relation to pages on MySpace and YouTube.

"It may be tough for him, but that is just unfortunate," said Purvis. "He has made his bed, he should lie in it."

Combs has undergone several name changes, including "Puff Daddy" and "P Diddy".

Dearlove complains that Combs' MySpace page can be found by British web users at myspace.com/diddy.

If the judge rules that Combs has breached the earlierundertaking, Dearlove will ask for an injunction barring him from continuing to do so. Dearlove could then seek damages.

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Tuesday, January 30, 2007

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