Invasion of Privacy

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This paper discusses an individual's right to privacy and the results of an invasion of that right. It specifically discusses a tort with regards to invasion of privacy. The paper analyzes the two basic elements that occur with invasion of privacy - the fact that the individual's right to privacy is invaded and the resulting damage that occurs as a result.

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"The right of privacy in the private sector has taken on a whole new dimension since the times of Justice Brandies with the advent of the internet, email, YouTube and the myriad of personal blogs raise the specter of anyone becoming a world-wide celebrity. If you doubt the power of the internet to create celebrities out of the ordinary person, recall the "numa numa" phenomenon, the portly college lip syncing into his computer became an overnight celebrity via viral video. This was voluntarily placed on the internet, the repercussions of instant involuntary notoriety where unimagined in the late 19th century when the right of privacy was first put forward by Justice Brandies. There are many personal issues that individuals wish to keep private, and the vast amount of case law regarding all four aspects of invasion of privacy needs to be kept in context of the modern era of the internet, AIDS and the 24 hour cable news station."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Beth Clegg v. Falcon Plastics, Inc., 174 Fed. Appx. 18, 2006
• Black, Henry Campbell. Black's Law Dictionary. St. Paul: West Publishing Company, 1979.
• Constitution of the United States, The. St. Paul: West Publishing Company, 2004
• Joanna Pacitti v. Macy's, 193 F.3d 766, 199
• Lawrence Botts, Jr. et al. v. The New York Times Company et al., 106 Fed. Appx. 109, 2004

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