{"id":2179114,"date":"2024-02-17T19:41:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T00:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-santos-sues-jimmy-kimmel-for-copyright-violations-of-cameos\/"},"modified":"2024-02-17T19:42:23","modified_gmt":"2024-02-18T00:42:23","slug":"george-santos-sues-jimmy-kimmel-for-copyright-violations-of-cameos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-santos-sues-jimmy-kimmel-for-copyright-violations-of-cameos\/","title":{"rendered":"George Santos files lawsuit against Jimmy Kimmel for copyright infringement of Cameos"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgeorge-santos-sues-jimmy-kimmel-for-copyright-violations-of-cameos%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2179114&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former Rep. George Santos Files Lawsuit Against Jimmy Kimmel\u200d for Unauthorized Use of Cameo\u2064 Videos<\/h2>\n<p>Former Rep. George Santos has taken legal action against talk show host Jimmy \u2062Kimmel, accusing him \u200cof using his\u200c Cameo\u200d videos without permission on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/you-get-a-tougher-skin-and-weird-s-happens-im-looking-forward-to-that-greg-gutfeld-on-the-launch-of-his-late-night-fox-news-show-gutfeld\/\" title=\"\u2018You Get A Tougher Skin And Weird S*** Happens. I\u2019m Looking Forward To That.\u2019 Greg Gutfeld On The Launch Of His Late-Night Fox News Show, \u2018Gutfeld!\u2019\">late-night program<\/a>. Santos,\u200b who has been creating personalized \u200bvideos for paying subscribers, claims that Kimmel \u2063obtained these videos under false pretenses and aired them on his\u2062 show, potentially infringing on copyright laws and\u200b committing fraud.<\/p>\n<p>In one\u2062 episode, Kimmel openly discussed the possibility of\u200c being\u200b sued by\u2064 Santos,\u200d expressing his excitement at the prospect. He also mentioned that\u200c since he started purchasing \u200bSantos&#8217; videos, the former congressman raised his rates to $500 per video, \u200csuggesting that \u200cSantos should be grateful for the increased demand.<\/p>\n<p>Santos&#8217;\u2063 attorney\u2063 promptly sent \u200ca cease-and-desist letter \u2064to Kimmel, demanding the \u200dremoval of the clips\u2063 from the show&#8217;s \u200bYouTube and TikTok accounts. However, \u2063the videos remain online \u2064despite the legal \u2063action.<\/p>\n<p>Santos,\u200d in a\u200c tweet, accused Kimmel of\u200d fraud,\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-wrongly-searched-surveillance-data-for-us-senators-name-court-finds\/\" title=\"FBI mistakenly searched surveillance data for US Senator, court confirms.\">civil rights\u200b violations<\/a>, and breaking\u200d federal \u2064laws and licensing \u2064agreements. He also expressed his determination to hold Kimmel accountable\u2064 for his actions.<\/p>\n<p>ABC and Disney, the entities associated with Kimmel&#8217;s show, have not responded to requests for comment from the \u200dWashington Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>Santos is seeking a staggering $750 million in\u2062 damages\u2064 through \u2063the \u200blawsuit. The former congressman was expelled from Congress in \u200dDecember 2023 and is currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reports-house-speaker-pelosis-laptop-missing-w-va-delegate-charged-for-his-role-in-capitol-breach\/\" title=\"Reports: House Speaker Pelosi\u2019s laptop missing &#038; W. Va. delegate charged for his role in Capitol breach\">facing federal charges<\/a>\u200d of fraud, to which he has\u2063 pleaded not\u2062 guilty.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What legal grounds does Former Rep. George Santos have in his lawsuit against Jimmy Kimmel for using his Cameo videos \u2063without authorization?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Former Rep. George Santos has recently \u2063filed a lawsuit against talk show host Jimmy Kimmel for allegedly\u2062 using his\u200c Cameo videos without authorization. Santos, who has been creating personalized videos for \u2063paying subscribers, claims that Kimmel obtained these videos under false pretenses and aired them on his late-night program. This potentially infringes on copyright laws and may constitute fraud.<\/p>\n<p>In one episode of his show, Kimmel openly discussed the possibility of being sued by Santos and \u200bexpressed \u2063his excitement at \u2064the \u2063prospect. He\u2064 also \u2063mentioned that since he started purchasing Santos&#8217; videos, \u200bthe former congressman \u200draised his rates to $500 per video, suggesting that Santos should\u2064 be grateful for the increased demand.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately after this episode, Santos&#8217; attorney\u2064 sent a cease-and-desist letter to Kimmel, demanding the removal\u200b of the clips from the show&#8217;s \u2062YouTube and \u200cTikTok accounts. However, despite the \u200clegal action, the videos remain online.<\/p>\n<p>Santos took to Twitter to accuse Kimmel\u200d of fraud, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-called-on-to-help-boost-staff-of-police-department-destroyed-by-scandals\/\" title=\"Newsom urged to aid police department decimated by scandals by increasing staff.\">civil rights\u2063 violations<\/a>, and\u200c breaking federal laws and licensing agreements. He expressed his determination to hold \u2062Kimmel accountable for his actions.<\/p>\n<p>ABC and Disney, the entities\u2064 associated with Kimmel&#8217;s show, have \u200byet \u2064to \u200drespond to requests for comment from the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>Santos is seeking a significant $750 million in damages through the lawsuit. It is\u200c worth noting that the former congressman\u200d was expelled from Congress in December 2023 and is currently \u200cfacing federal \u200ccharges\u2064 of\u200d fraud, \u200cto which he \u200dhas pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n<p>It\u200b remains to be seen how this legal battle will unfold and whether Santos will be successful \u200bin his \u2063claims against Jimmy Kimmel. The unauthorized use of\u200d content without \u200cpermission raises important questions about intellectual property rights and the responsibility of content creators and those who use their work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Rep. George Santos sued Jimmy Kimmel for featuring his Cameo videos on the show. Santos obtained videos from subscribers like Sen. John Fetterman, who paid him to advise Sen. Bob Menendez. However, Santos claims Kimmel used these videos without permission, leading to the legal action<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2179115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Jimmy-Kimmel-George-Santos.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2179114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Jimmy-Kimmel-George-Santos.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2179114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2179114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2179114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2179115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2179114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2179114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2179114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}