Case Overview
Lyndon Perry, also known as I,HYPOCRITE, was sued for alleged copyright infringement by MCM Group 22. The lawsuit was over a tweet that Perry posted that included a still frame image from a movie created by the website, girlsdoporn.com. The founder of the website was found guilty of criminal charges and part of the restitution order was to transfer the copyright of the videos to the models. One of the models, subsequently a Forbes 40 Under 40 honoree for her work in crypto-finance, transferred her rights to MCM Group 22. Perry filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, arguing that the image he used was fair use, as the image was juxtaposed with the Forbes profile, and that MCM Group 22 does not, as a matter of law, own the copyright. The motion remains pending.
