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democracyindanger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-20-05 05:46 PM
Response to Reply #28
32. Yep.
Appropriation of a person's name or likeness for commercial or trade purposes without permission is an invasion of privacy and may be a violation of a person's right to publicity. Use of an individual's photograph, a sketch of the person, a nickname or a stage name are all considered use of a name or likeness. However, the publication of news and information in magazines, books, newspapers and news broadcasts is not considered a trade purpose, even though the mass medium may make a profit from such publication.
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(re: Intrusion)
...The general rule is that there can be no privacy in a public place. What happens on the streets, in public places, in open view, are not situations in which a person enjoys a reasonable expectation of privacy.


http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072492171/student_view0/chapter7/chapter_overview.html

There are also self-imposed standards that the media holds itself to, which you may think are demanded by law but actually aren't.
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