(Bromsgrove): Popular feline imagery hosting site icanhazcheeseburger.com is facing up to a massive payout after being found guilty of a number of charges including libel, defamation of character and copyright infringement.

This comes after a huge class action suit was brought against them by over 10'000 cats, featured on their site without permission.

"It's a terrible thing about the internet that anyone can use your image without seeming to care about the law," explained Head Lawyer Seamus O'Gingertom of the legal firm Catsington, O'Gingertom and Tiddles.

"We're determined to change this opinion by badly damaging this site in their wallet and showing the online world that you'll no longer be allowed to use and abuse photographs for amusement."

The prosecution are basing their case around the majority of images on the "LolCat" site that portrays innocent cats as stupid, grammatically incorrect and often obsessed by food.

"I studied four years of English at Oxford and I was pictured apparently saying 'ur pet dor haz a numbr of teknikal defishunsees wich u needz ta adrezz'" complained one cat known only as Witness C.

"The insult that I can't spell, let alone parse a sentence successfully is simply disgusting. One of my friends found the picture, tagged me in it on Facebook and then that, in turn, was found by a prospective employer.

"I lost a potential job as the head of Literacy at Yale because of that."

They also pointed out that the majority of these photos even showed their clients naked, sometimes in compromising positions.

Despite a passionate defence the website was found guilty of all charges. Sentencing will follow soon but a pre-emptive figure has been suggested of 300'000 cans of Whiskas, a selection of catnip toys shaped like fish and a 10 minute community service belly scratch this coming Tuesday.

"I will tell you this," said O'Gingertom to the press after the hearing.

"The owners of this site will no longer be Lol-ing."