September 2024

George Santos Loses Cameo Copyright Case

By Raphael Holoszyc-Pimentel, Eric Feder, and Nathan Siegel

PUBLISHED IN: MediaLawLetter September 2024

TOPICS : Copyright, Intellectual Property

Santos sued after the show Jimmy Kimmel Live! used short videos of Santos saying absurd things in exchange for money on the site Cameo—videos that Kimmel allegedly tricked Santos into making. The defendants moved to dismiss Santos’ complaint on the grounds that they made a fair use of Santos’ videos.

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