Appeals court rejects George Santos lawsuit against Jimmy Kimmel over Cameo app videos

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1. > The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan rejected the lawsuit in which Santos alleged that Kimmel deceived him into making videos on the Cameo app that were used to ridicule the disgraced New York Republican on air.

   > The appeals court said Kimmel was protected by fair use laws allowing limited use of copyrighted material without permission for humor and parody, among other possibilities.

   > The 2nd Circuit said Kimmel used fictitious names to submit requests to Santos for personalized videos that the comedian then aired on his show as part of a mocking series of segments titled “ Will Santos Say It? ”

   > In one clip, Santos offers congratulations to the purported winner of a beef-eating contest, calling the feat of consuming 6 pounds (2.7 kilograms) of loose ground beef in under 30 minutes “amazing and impressive.”

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2. George Santos is such a worm. Somehow he will manage to keep his name in the media despite the fact that he’s currently serving a federal prison sentence

3. Thanks to this lawsuit, I now know that these videos are out there. I hope Kimmel celebrates by putting them all on YouTube.

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