Re: Losing privacy rights from publishing one's photo on the Web

[David Lindsey <dlindsey@EAGLE.ESD189.WEDNET.EDU>]

A comment from an old ham radio operator and new computer
operator.--anything (data, pix, code, voice, fax etc) that is sent out
over wires or by electromagnetic waves is not private.--someone,
somewhere, someway will be able to read, hear or see your messages. Dave

On Mon, 4 Sep 1995, Barbara Tyhurst wrote:

>  Yesterday, while driving in my car and listening to a local call-in program
>  re: computer use, I heard that there was a legal case lost
>  (somewhere--sorry I couldn't take notes while driving) where an individual
>  had sued someone for publishing his picture in a detrimental way.  The
>  ruling went something like this:  Because this individual had published a
>  photo of himself on the WWW, he became a public figure at that time and,
>  therefore, had lost his right to privacy!  Chilling, isn't it!!??
>
>  I feel this really needs to be looked into.  If there is anything to
>  this, we, as educators, could cause real damage to our students by using their
>  photos on the Web.  As minors, they would probably be protected in some
>  ways; however, some of our students on the secondary level turn eighteen
>  before they graduate.  Also, we really need to know for our own benefit
>  in case we should decide to publish photos of ourselves.
>
>  Legal issues seem more important to me now.  I'd really appreciate
>  hearing more about this from others with interest or more information.
>