Link Ch. 13 – Photography and Privacy Around the United States

UPDATED: Couple of readings on photography and privacy:

• One of the things that makes invasion of privacy law difficult to interpret is the fact that it is determined primarily by the individual states, not the federal government.  To help with this, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press has produced a guide to privacy law for photographers.  They guide includes:
  • a primer on privacy law, 
  • nine principles for avoiding invasion of privacy law suits, 
  • and a state-by-state guide to privacy laws.
• Hawaii passes Steven Tyler Act
  Would ban “unwanted photos or videos of others in private moments.”  Nice idea, but do celebs really get the right to say “pay attention to me now, but not now”?