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Tagged with right-of-publicity privacy
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I'm 17 and someone 33 photographed me without my consent when I was walking at a park. Can I press charges? [closed]
I'm 17 years old. Someone 33 photographed me without my consent when I was walking at a park. I stopped him and asked him to delete the photos. I told him 8 times about it, but he ain't listening to ...
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Do the Ohio sheriffs suing Afroman have any legal standing in their claim of "invasion of privacy and misappropriation of their likenesses" lawsuit?
From this article “Afroman Sued by Sheriffs for Allegedly Profiting from Raid on his Home.
Afroman is reportedly being sued by a number of Ohio sheriff deputies for allegedly profiting off the raid ...
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Florida Photography Privacy Law: Company Employee Taking Pictures of Me Without My Consent [closed]
Looking for any guidance on this issue. It was one of those "Get three free nights at a hotel, all you gotta do is attend the 2hr mandatory sales pitch! :)" demon packages. But some bs went ...
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Who can check sperm donor history in California?
Let's say Tom was a sperm donor in college. Now he is getting married. Can anyone besides Tom (e.g. Tom's wife) has access to Tom's sperm donation history? Can offspring/family of offspring have ...
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Would this YouTuber potentially be in legal trouble for filming in a public place?
Brendan Kavanagh, YouTuber pianist, was performing in a "public" place which appears to be a shopping mall in the U.K. and he was being filmed. A few people asked not to be filmed and at ...
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Are there penalties for someone who films you without your permission? [duplicate]
If someone films you in passing, is there any action that can reasonably be taken, if you did not want to be filmed and they did not ask for permission?
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Does one need the prototype's permission to make dolls?
Bob creates a doll of Rob (with startlingly realistic resemblance) without him knowing and starts selling it. Bob does not promote any idea, service or other product with this doll: it's the doll ...
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Is there any law protecting me from the people that distrubute a video of me falling the stairs and shared without my permision?
From California, US.
I fell from the stairs at work last week, even if the fall looked terrible on video I managed to not brake anything but just damaged ligaments and some body, visit ER, claim WC ...
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What are the legal repercussions of taking a stranger's picture in public?
With Snapchat and Instagram it is all too easy to abuse picture taking and really inexpensive to snap a photo of an unknowing stranger. If you are in public and will only post pictures online without ...
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Can a celebrity sue someone who takes obnoxious pictures/videos of him in public and uploads onto internet without his permission?
Suppose a celebrity digs his nose or scratches his private part because of sudden itch or performs some unsightly act in public. Someone takes his picture/video and uploads onto internet without his ...
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Are the newspapers allowed to print the house number when it's subject to a Closure Order?
If a house is subject to a Closure Order made under the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, can the press, especially local newspapers, publish the house number as well as the street ...
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Legalities of making a documentary/biography about a person's life
I just read an article about how Mike Tyson is calling for a boycott of Hulu over a documentary they are making about his life.
He says the documentary is 'unauthorized' and that an 'authorized' life ...
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What is considered "public" in the context of taking videos or audio recordings?
According to the answers in this question it's legal to photograph someone in public without their consent. I'm assuming the answers still hold true for video or audio recording (such as what can be ...
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How do laws affect photography of non-humans in public when people may be in the frame?
Given that this is taking place in a public area where one would not have an expectation of privacy, what legal restrictions exist on photography of people where they are not the subject of the ...
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What information about a person are private and what are public?
What information of a person I may write on my web site without special permission from that person? Lets take 'Steve Jobs', you can find a lot of websites where you can find date of birth, name, ...
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What recourse do I have against commercial use of my image?
Somebody took photos of my wife on a treadmill at a gym without her permission.
One of those photos appeared a week later in the local paper in an advertisement for a car dealership.
Subsequently my ...
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Is using a person's face in satirical video without video legal?
I Have Been Taking Photos Of People And Putting Them On Youtube Videos In Satirical Context Without Consent. In One Case, It Was Against Their Will. I Do Not Leak Any Information Or Send Hate Or ...
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Media consent form for summer camp
We have a media consent form that parents have signed for the campers at our summer camp. The wording is as follows:
The Participant identified below desires to participate in the [insert summer ...
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Drug-testing on background
What sort of circumstances would allow a company or lab to put a positive pre-employment drug test on your background or send it to a consumer report agency? I'm curious about the consequences of ...
