Privacy rights generally belong to the living, but it seems to me that I’m beginning to see a number of lawsuits involving photos of the dead. Previously on this site, I covered lawsuits by the families of Jeremy Wooten and Nikki Catsouras. Now Michael Jackson’s father wants leave to file suit over photos of Michael…
Category: Court
Privacy Rights in Death Photos: Catsouras Case Decided
Daniel Solove writes: Last year, I wrote about a case involving a lawsuit by a family against the California Highway Patrol (CHP) for improperly disseminating the accident-scene photos of their daughter (Nikki Catsouras), who perished in a gruesome automobile accident. Two dispatchers for the CHP emailed the photos to others, and they soon began being…
3rd Circuit to Mull Privacy of Cell Phone Data
Sharon P. Duffy reports: In a case that could prove to be one of the most important privacy rights battles of the modern era, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear argument this week on the proper legal standard to apply when prosecutors demand cell phone location data. The data, which are recorded…
AU: Net piracy fight takes body blow
Asher Moses reports: Hollywood studios and record labels are being forced to go back to the drawing board to come up with a new way of combating online piracy after the Federal Court ruled that internet service providers are not required to police copyright infringement on their networks. The music industry says it may have…