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Because A Lot Of You Have Been Asking
Filed under: Personally Perez
Yes, we are thrilled that Leona Lewis is doing so well in America.
She has a #1 song with Bleeding Love and we can say….."We called it way back in 2006!"
Leona's success is also very bittersweet for us because, as many of you have noticed, we haven't been writing about her. Nor will we mention her any time soon.
We also have several other artists that are "dead to us." They include: Tori Amos, Celine Dion, Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Lopez, The Gossip, Adele, Lil' Mama, Pink, Usher, Justin Timberlake, Whitney Houston and more. These are some of our favorite musicians. It really, truly pains us not to talk about them. But, it is something we HAVE to do!
Why????
Because Zomba, which is owned by Sony BMG, is suing us and we had a lightbulb go off recently: we can't support any artist signed to Sony BMG.
Why should we help the company suing us make money???? Especially when their lawsuit is personal!
Sony BMG, and their labels Zomba and Jive, are suing us for streaming several songs that turned out to be by Britney Spears.
When these songs first leaked, there was a lot of doubt as to whether they were Britney or a fake. Plus, we never made any music downloadable.
Every time we saw a take-down notice from the R.I.A.A., we complied immediately. By the way, no one at Sony BMG ever contacted us about Britney.
Also, every song we posted - not knowing if it was or wasn't an authentic Spears song - had already been all over the internet and fansites, yet PerezHilton.com is the only entity being sued by Sony BMG.
That's just not right! And, what's even worse are the outrageous demands Sony BMG are making in order to get them to settle this lawsuit and have this case dropped. We don't wanna get into specifics, as this hasn't all been resolved yet.
Sony BMG may win this battle, but at the end of the day we will be the ones laughing.
We KNOW that our support can help their artists, some of our favorites, immensely. We hope alienating us was worth it for Sony BMG!
Every other label out there wants to have us as a friend. It really makes us question the business practices of Sony BMG that they would rather have Perez as an enemy.
Their loss!
And, though we may never write about Leona again, we still love her. Always will. Same for Xtina. And J Lo. And Adele. And Ditto.
Our heart is sad.
[Image via WENN.]
…She has a #1 song with Bleeding Love and we can say….."We called it way back in 2006!"…
no you cant say you called it back in 2006, because the song was not written, never mind released until late 2007 you loser! Just pointing that out
You got what you deserve!
April Fools?
Funny, John Mayer is Sony/BMG and you write about him all the time.
we're with you….sony can eat it as far as i'm concerned. i am boycotting too!
Re: kitnplayn – Good point…
You just wrote about Kelly Clarkson and Blake Lewis who are on RCA and distributed by SonyBMG….you're a dumbass.
I hadn't bought a CD for almost 10 years! I started reading this site last year and my interest in and love for music quickly returned! I am so grateful for itunes - I have downloaded so many of your suggested albums there. I also bought Eric Hutchinson & Hope's CD's directly because you exposed me to their music. I think reaching out to people who wouldn't otherwise know about a performers music is exceptional. Good Luck! You're the Best!
WAY to go Perez!! Half those people that are "dead" to you most people don't like anyway. P.S. hope you win your lawsuit you sexy bitch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope Sony cleans you out. You stupid hateful bitch.
And your NOT supporting these artists will impact how on their careers? Try NOT AT ALL! You (or as you would call yourself, "we") may hold sway over a handful of idiots and no talent suck ups, but I assure you that these artists' careers will rise or fall thru no fault of yours. You need to have someone let the air out of your fat head…unbelievable!
But, but, Perez…. You can't stop talking about Tori!!! Is't she on Epic? It's not the same. Well, it really sucks they do something like this, especially since it's just streaming, if anything, it helps promoting the artists.
So let me reply for myself. No more Britney news ??? Nothing?? Even if she has sex in a starbucks with all the staff? Pls tell me that´s not true!
too bad her song sucks…shes lucky shes pretty
no more tori on perez. :'(
Stick to your guns on this one Perez!! SONY has always been cocksuckers, this is just yet anoyther example of SONY being SONY!! I could never teach them a lesson, but you certainly can!
Hey Perez, here's some news for you: this is one of the most unprofesh things I have EVER seen. You really think your readers are loyal enough to keep reading this thing even though you've screened the celebs you're writing about? WRONG! Sony is going to win, your blog will get shut down, and you are going to have to go back to scanning groceries at the local Stop N' Shop. And it serves you totally right.
Good for you Perez! SonyBMG are arseholes with huge attitude problems.
Seriously, with the trend right now, one day no one will be buying CD's anymore…. it's like back in the days when the CDs replaced caset tapes….People in the music industry needs to get with the game! Resisting the trend is their lost. If they have time suing you, why don't they spend more time figuring out how they are gonna sell more records with media changing so rapidly. And honestly, I don't think you've done anything wrong "streaming" the songs….Record labels should be happy that you are talking about their artists because you are a very powerful "free press." They are just jealous because your blog is getting more "popular" than their record sales for some of their top artists!
SERIOUSLY GUYS THIS HAS TO BE AN APRIL FOOLS…
THERE IS A LEONA LEWIS ADVERTISEMENT ON PEREZ'S PAGE.
THEY WOULDNT PAY TO ADVERTISE IF THEY DONT WANT TO BE ASSOCIATED.
XOX
Perez, aren't you suppose to be a journalist? Why let your personal dramaz affect your work. So dissappointed. You only talk about a handful of celebrities and it's starting to get old.
It's not exactly "calling it" if she's already number one in the UK (winning x factor, number one song folllowed and bleeding love released early 07), it's just predicting the obvious. Hope they sue ur ass good
I hate Leona.
She has a face like a horse, sounds like an idiot when she talks and only won The X Factor because she had TRAINING for years before the show and can turn on the water works in the blink of an eye.
It was a fix.
the first time i heard Bleeding love I thought "is the girl perez talks about"… otherwise I would have no clue who she was…
If your not supporting her then why do you a have a link to buy her album ????? :!
Would Britney's album even had sold as much as it did without the hype Perez gave it and considering her mental health state???? Look at how Mariah Carey's Glitter album fared when she had her meltdown. It didn't do to well.
I'm so sorry to hear about this, Perez. It must be immensely stressful for you. I too love Leona so I can imagine how difficult it is for you to not write about her.
A
Maybe we should just stop buying music from those artists. Record companies are going the way of the Dodo anyway, so it won't be long before they are a non issue. Perez, I think it's great that you have those clips from time to time. FUCK Sony/BMG.
WHO THE FUCK IS "US" AND "WE" PEREZ??? I'M GLAD YOU'RE GETTING SUED YOU FUCKING TUB OF LARD!!! FUCK YOU, YOUR WEBSITE, AND YOUR FOLLOWERS IN THE ASSHOLE YOU STUPID PIECE OF SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LAMME. please tell me this is an april fool's joke or something…
at least keep Justin up. cmon Perez.. don't let a girl downn
I shall join you in your boycott.
You pick fab music. I constantly check out your blog for new faces. :0)
why the hell are you shit talkers on perez's site if you don't like him? go find something better to do skanks…. love you perez! muah!
Re: Die Already –
You might think that the labels are making a disproportionate amount of money when you buy an "album" but as record prices drop, that amount drops as well.
Also…when you advise people to "just burn it, download it,copy it, ANYTHING but just stop giving money to the greedy bastards who run the dying record industry" You are telling people to STEAL…that is why people are being sued. Go to iTunes and buy it before you just rip off the artists, production, management, etc. ALL the people that it takes to make the music you like.
What's bullsh*t is you think you can take other peoples work FOR FREE….
Adele is actually signed to X-L (home of M.I.A. and the White Stripes and Vampire Weekend). Don't stop showing her love, she is amazing!
Ummm…How could you have called it in 2006? She only won Pop Idol in 2007? She was a nobody before that….. love you though
x
Ummm, is this an April Fools? If not, then that suuuuuucks, but it reeks of hoax to me!
That's lame of Sony BMG.
Aw mehn so you can never write about them again? Or can you write about them but just not about their music? Shit man, I love Leona and Justin!
if they win, make a list of everyone whos signed with them and i'll never buy shit form them again, thats just wrong
Sony sucks! They are just trying to make an example out of you, like you said, 'their loss'! You are looking yummy, keep up the great work!
Aren't you like BEST FRIENDS with that fat Ditto chick? How are you NOT going to blog about her?!
Sony can suck it.
p-man, what's more laughable? briney's singing or you being sued becuse of her attempts at it. why don't you supoena that talentles skank, make her sing LIVE in person AND then see if they can hold you responsible. first of all, in reality, it's not her voice, she can't sing, now they can only sue you for her secret, microphone dubbing.
your supposed to be the best gossip blogger on the web, but I don't think you are anymore. How can you be the best when you wont talk about some of the biggest stars? Fight the system, not the people.
Perez, your posting britney's songs made me want to buy the album because the quality was so shitty but I loved the songs and did buy the album. I support u completlty and will never buy a justin, leona, celion. etc. album again. If I want to listen to there songs from now on I will only illegally download them or take someone's cd. I will never pay money for them on iTUnes. EVER. I hope that you win your case and will be praying for you…what a bunch of fucking losers. You only help them especially in a day an age were getting good press is difficult and the record industry is a on a slow decline…sucks for them there not getting the number two website vistited by female college students…
Why the hell do so many people write mean comments about Perez on his own web site???? IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT HE DOES THEN DON'T VISIT THIS SITE! I wanted to read the comments about this so that I could see what people's thoughts were, but all I see are completely thoughtless, disgusting, and brainless remarks! Can't you guys get a life and quit wasteing your time visiting a site, none the less writing comments on a site that you obviously don't like!?!?!? BTW GO PEREZ! I think you are doing the right thing. Its funny to that a company that supports artists would get a web site who supports those same artists on their bad side.
You forgot to mention Céline at the end
SONY SUCK. PERIOD.
They are destroying what céline has been working so hard for, for these last 25 years!!!
I would like to see ogre face run his own record label, give away free songs and see if his artists would sell any albums, i'm with alot of people karma IS a bitch!
This is hilarious. You're going to get your finances wiped the fuck out after this lawsuit. NO ONE will sponsor you. You'll have to go back to dying your ridiculously obese hair out of the box… and you wont be able to afford the gastric bypass that you so desperately need.
Too fucking bad, hahhhahahaa.
Hahahhaaaahahaahah.
fat.
fuck.
fatfuck.
If it wasn't for this web site I would never have heard of these people.
Fuck Sony BMG they will be sorry. Dumbest move they ever made.
Hilton sucks his own dick, i'm glad I found this website I only had to google retard, also I finally found people more stupid than him, his fans.
Perez you rock- fuck the Man
It's funny people who frequent this website think their against the "system" you morons have been used as fools, this is the same person who's birthday was sponsored by burger king, SUCKERS!
People who write negative comments of PEREZ are pretty dumb. You trash the website and Perez, but you visit it and take time to comment. A bunch of dumb asses. And because he's getting sued it's karma kicking him in the ass for gossiping? Look at yourself. You're talking shit too!! I guess karma is going to bite you in the ass, and I hope it bites hard, morons. If you hate Perez Hilton so much, DON"T VISIT HIS SITES. Effing tools!
glad youre getting sued. fools.
too bad they don't provide contact emails on zomba's website. BUT you can type zomba into LinkedIn and find quite a few people - digital music attorney (Jeff Dodes) or marketing (dan mackta). might be worth contacting via linkedIn or Facebook (they are both there) or finding others and letting them know that they SUCK!
I just don't understand some of these comments. All these morons that write "fuck you perez" and "you idiot" WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING IN HIS SITE??? If you hate him sooo damn much, then DON'T READ HIS SHIT!! SIMPLE AS THAT!!
I heard about her first on ur site, and now I love her…They really are losing a lot of publicity, ur opinion matters (sometimes)…
Dude, you're a blogger, not some pop impressario. You have no influence on music, thankfully, because you don't know jack shit about it. And no one will remember your name two years from now. You're no Hedda Hopper.
I think you are slightly over estimating your influence perez
Perez. I like what you've been doing around here lately. I feel like you are trying to sneak in some real news with the gossip & I applaud you.
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SICK I HATE THEM
I predict NOW that sony sales will drop at least by 1/4.
I'm behind you Perez… down with SONY BMG… they have enough money already. They need to understand that the hearing something on the 'net first is THE ONLY WAY I'LL EVER BUY A CD. They put waaaaayyyyy too much crap out these days……. I hope they go bankrupt.
wow…It is obvious that their greedy "legal" department has no knowledge whatsoever about marketing and the power that venues like you provide to companies like them.
I have been reminded of and introduced to artists through Perez site so many times that I can't even remember how many. I have downloaded songs because of this site therefore have contributed to labels' revenues. Do they even have an idea of how much money you have made them! You should charge them for every time your coverage of any of their artists resulted in any kind of profit. Too bad you can't trace or do that!?
Sometimes I get upset with Perez's site when he mocks or talks about someone in a demeanor way, etc.. and I get upset precisely because of the fact that I know you are a powerful INFLUENCE. Because of this influence I cannot believe this people went ahead with this lawsuit without taking this into consideration. They have so much to loose and so little to gain from this.
I am with you all the way Perez. I WILL NOT BUY anything from any of their artists.
Good for you Perez!!!
DAM PEREZ THAT SUCKS! I SUPPORT YOU AND YOUR INTRODUCING NEW ARTISTS THEY ARE STUPID BECAUSE YOUR POSTS HOLD ALOT OF INFLUENCE OVER YOUR YOUNG AUDIENCE!!!! I ADMIT THAT YOU WERE THE FIRST TO INTRODUCE ME TO MIKA AND AMY WINEHOUSE AND I AM LIKE THEIR BIGGEST FAN NOW! THE ONLY MEDIA OUTLET REPORTING ON LEONA WAS YOU, YOU WERE THE FIRST PERSON I HEARD SPEAK OF LEONA LEWIS AND YOUR LOVE FOR HER MUSIC ACTUALLY MADE ME LISTEN… THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY RETARDED AND ARE TRYING TO SAVE THEIR FLOUNDERING BUSINESS!! DOWN WITH THE CORPORTAE GIANTS WHO FORGET WHAT FREE PUBLICITY MEANS TO THEIR ARTISTS AND INDUSTRY!!! I WONT BUY SHIT FROM ANY SONY ARTIST!
I can't agree more! It's sad that true fans are held in contempt! SONY BMG- I'm not listening to you anymore either!
NOOOO i need to Know what is going on with these artists in america
fuck u bmg/sony/whoever. u know u need perez
he has helped promote britney
so dont throw it back in his face bitches
argghh i heart leona she deserves to be written about on this site
nice to no u support her tho
I love Pink & Leona so its sad but u gotta stick to ur morales!!!
Buy Leona's album its the shit!!
Half those people are shit anyway, so thank god that you won't be talking about them. Can Britney or Madonna's label sue you too? Then you'd have NOTHING to talk about. I hope that they take for everything you've got.
I GOT SUED FOR DOWNLOADING MUSIC!!!!
SEVEN SONGS COST ME 4 THOUSAND DOLLARS!!!!!!!!!!!
fuck the record labels.
I love the hate mail - why are you on this site then if you hate Perez? Idiots. Sony BMG sucks - who cares if you played these songs - I'm sure they were all over the internet already anyway. Sony needs more money I'm sure….
Wow. Sony's just not very clever, huh? It's a shame, Perezito but fuck em. Keep helping other artists! x besitos!
What's with the royal "we" throughout this post? i know you think you're the "Queen of all Media" but…
All your hate monegringis coming back to haunt you fat fuck. If you had any balls (which you dont cause your gay) then you wouldnt write about Britney anymore either. You seem to be beliveing your own bullshit, you're not the star fat ass, you sucks on thie teats when and if they want you to - which they dont. The end is near TICK TOCK TICK TOCK
OMG… I can't take that much whining and self-pity…
Don't be such a whimp!
your right it is their loss!..
99.9% of the music you post makes it to the charts!
idiots!
GO PEREZ!
x
As usual, ZERO TOLERANCE FAILS AGAIN! What an effed-up wonky capitalist world we live in. This is so misguided. I love the economist who said (verbatim): Record companies need to stop whining! Every time they lament, 'How do we make money off something that's FREE?' all they need to do is walk past a drink machine that sells WATER. Gotta love that.
Perez, who do you have representing you because myself and a number of other future entertainment lawyers over here at New York Law School would be happy to help you stick it to the man. You probably dont qualify under the "take down" provisions of the Copyright Act b/c they're only for ISPs that host content provided by third parties without any alterations or modifications (like youtube). But still, the best they can do is get you for statutory sound recording license fees under the "webcasting" provisions for live streams. They're just suing to scare you and other anti-mainstream bloggers. Dont let them scare you. Damn greedy record companies.
ANY RECORD COMPANY THAT RELYS ON PEREZ HILTON SHOULD GET OUT OF THE BUSINESS - I would be EMBARRASSED to have this fool doing A&R for me (i.e., Warner Brothers) - It shows they have no clue. None of the SonyBMG artists were ever MADE or will be BROKEN by this troll's site. You may now go back to rubbernecking with this unsightly venom spewing spuds name calling from a fars, untalented and unfunny quips.
no, seriously, this is absurd. my friend jordan and i check perez like everday and this sucks. it's ridiculous. stupid record company. crap man!!!
FURTHERMORE - LEONA LEWIS was not PROMOTED AND DISCOVERED BY THIS MORON - IT WAS (AND IS) THE BIGGEST RECORD IN THE UK SINCE Simon Cowell's HUGELY POPULAR UK TV show broke it, Oprah promoted it, et. al. - Anyone whom cares to bother checking the UK Charts (different release schedules vs. US) could have seen this coming (ala James Blunt before her and Mika. He has no special "inside" scoop - he's trolling the web for scandal and reselling it to those of you whom don't care to go to the sources. BACK TO YOUR CAVE PEREZ
This site has done nothing to help anyone but Perez. SonyBMG needs to clean your clock and take all of your "advertising" dollars you are making on the back of slamming their artists. They were here before you and they will be here AFTER you fade into your 15 mins of fame.
hahhahahahahahahahahahahahhahahhhahahahhahahhahaha
thanks dude
that was better than seeing Paris eat some shit in Prague
SONY BMG SUCKS ANYWAY, CAUSE THEY PAY FOR THEIR ARTISTS TO BE PLAYEED ON RADIO.
And you shoulda stopped promoting that FAG justin Timberfake long time ago.Stupid white trash it is.Baby fag.
GOOD Im happy you dont promote there stupid ass artist even though Some of them are good they have a TERRIBLE Way of doing things! they have this artist on Jive named Samantha Jade and shes actually amazingly talented watch her national anthem performance and they wont do a damn thing for her I bet they never release her album shes been on there label for 5 almost 6 years she even worked with timbaland they dont care ahah so funny FUCK THEM
Leave us alone, we can't even afford to buy our own software, we have to steal it.
http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/03/sonybmg-under-i.html
I cant understand this, why complain when your giving the artist free fucking publicity??? they're fucking morons, you're actually doing them a favour the ungrateful cunts!! Leona wouldn't have done as well as she has in the us so quickly if perez hadnt talked about her so much on this. Seriously I dont get it, I would have NEVER even bother listening to shitney's new album if perez hadn't put the songs up on this……and I know many others wouldnt have neither. I've heard of a lot of people thanks to perez so sony bmg can shove their lawsuit up their arse!! George michael was right, when he called them FONY in his video for fastlove….wankers
you idiot !
:@ :@ :@
i love avril *-*
you: _|_ fock !
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Well I understand what you are doing but I'm totally sad that it has to happen. I look to you guys for news on Xtina and Jennifer and now where will I get that?
Don't give yourself so much credit. You musical taste is in the dumper.
Chris Brown is on Jive. The worst record label EVER!
I love u Perez..
its their loss!!
Thank god Mariah Carey and Beyonce and Rihanna aren't signed to them! I would hate to never be able to hear about them! THIS IS SO STUPID THOUGH!!! Perez doesn't deserve this! I mean, you're like, the king! You'll get through this though… they'll be sorry they ever sewed you!
Idon't like is picture,it makes herlook like carrot top.
you know you are going to lose A LOT of site views because of this..
i mean cmon, BRITNEY AAAAAAAAAAND JUSTIN? especially britney…
everyone wants to hear about her. so dumb..i hope this is an april fools joke.
I REALLY DO.
sorry perez that sucksssssss. If it wasnt for you i would have never heard about leona lewis and I LOVE HER SONGS
I doubt you'll see this Perez, but now I know why you haven't mentioned anything about Donna Summer's comeback (her red-hot single is poised to take #1 on the dance chart next week, her album in May will be one of the best of her career). Donna's record label, Burgundy, is a sub-label of Sony. I'm sure you would've mentioned something about her if that wasn't the case. I won't hold it against you, Sony is obviously trying to shake you down. Chaka Khan is also on Burgundy, so she'll be dead to you as well.
PEREZ ILY