A copyright infringement lawsuit former Congressman George Santos filed against talk show host Jimmy Kimmel and ABC was properly dismissed by a lower court judge, an appeals court said Monday.

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. Latest Forecast

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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.

Lawyers in the case did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The 2nd Circuit said Kimmel used fictitious names to submit

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