Like Bloomingdale's getting ready for the holiday season months ahead of time, so too is paparazzi agency X17. They're bringing Christmas to the gossip masses early in the form of the much-talked-about, yet-to-be-filed copyright infringement lawsuit against blogger Perez Hilton. Well, that yet-to-be-filed business seems to be over: According to X17's press release, they've gone ahead and filed paperwork with the courts (and not, as a previous video suggested, simply showing up at The Coffee Bean with a manilla envelope like Splash News did).

They're looking "over $7.5 million in damages" for the wrongdoings of Perez, aka Mario Lavandeira. They go on to quote revenue levels and traffic data that may or may not be accurate, but that they're certainly jealous of: X17 has launched its own celeb blog, of sorts, which they're touting as their latest source of revenue. Except that as soon as they prohibit celeb blogs from using their photos, they should also expect all the linking to X17Online.com to end. But certainly a settlement with Perez can make up for any losses.

The full release after the jump.

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