Jim Harper of the Cato Institute writes: Everybody’s wrong. That’s sort of the message I was putting out when I wrote my 2008 American University Law Review law review article entitled “Reforming Fourth Amendment Privacy Doctrine.” A lot of people have poured a lot of effort into the “reasonable expectation of privacy” formulation Justice Harlan wrote about…
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Tennessee Supreme Court to Hear Right to Privacy Issue
The Baker Associates blog discusses a case coming before the Tennessee Supreme Court: …. The right to privacy, however, does have some limitations. One of those limitations is that the right does not exist where the person has no reasonable expectation of privacy. There can be a plethora of reasons for why a person may…
Fla. Woman Sues 50 Cent in NYC Over Her Sex Video
The Associated Press reports that Lastonia Leviston has sued rapper 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson) in New York City for allegedly editing a sex video she made in 2008 and uploading it to his web site. The lawsuit reportedly claims unauthorized use of her name or image and emotional distress caused by the public release of…
AU: Cyber poison-penner hunted down and sued
Today’s news includes a case in Australia involving unmasking anonymous online posters and successfully suing them for defamation. Tony Wright describes the background of the case: The action against Graeme Gladman began after highly uncomplimentary comments appeared last November under pseudonyms on the HotCopper website, a stockmarket forum. The postings related to technology security company…