Why Zillow Gone Wild is being sued for alleged copyright infringement

A court could soon decide the fate of one of the post-pandemic world’s hottest meme accounts.

It’s been quite the run for Zillow Gone Wild, the meme-mad social media account that highlights amazing (and outlandish) homes for sale across the United States. Created by former BuzzFeed writer Samir Mezrahi in December 2020 as a pandemic-era hobby, Zillow Gone Wild has now parlayed internet virality into a reality series on HGTV.