Santos Seeks To Revive Lawsuit Against Jimmy Kimmel

Courthouse News reports:

The Second Circuit on Monday was dubious to revive a copyright claim brought by George Santos, who sued late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel last year over the use of his Cameo videos. Kimmel used the platform to poke fun at the expelled Republican congressman, creating fake Cameo profiles to request outlandish custom clips from Santos then airing them on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” in a recurring segment called “Will Santos Say It?”

According to Santos, Kimmel’s use of the clips wasn’t transformative enough to fall under fair use. Calling the clips “absolutely ridiculous,” Santos’ attorney Robert Fontaine told a panel of federal appellate judges on Monday that his client’s videos were supposed to be satirical, meaning that Kimmel’s use of them in his jokey TV bit fulfilled

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