Privacy of Celebrities and Freedom of Media

Privacy of Celebrities and Freedom of Media

Yuan-Hsi Wang (Taylor)

The Development of Free Press

Celebrities Desire for Their Privacy

• The Bill of Rights: First Amendment (1791)

- Freedom of Speech

- Freedom of Press

• The Right to Privacy (1890)
• Privacy, 48 California Law Review (1960)
• The Privacy Act of 1974

Outline

Conclusion

Privacy, 48 California Law Review

• Wanting to be celebrities, but not wanting their privacy compromised.
• According to BBC news, "Yet the relationship between celebrities and the media is such that, arguably, one cannot exist without the other".
• Everyone has the right to privacy

1. Intrusion upon the plaintiff's seclusion or solitude, or into his private affairs.

2. Public disclosure of embarrassing private facts about the plaintiff.

3. Publicity which places which places the plaintiff in the false light in the public light.

4. Appropriation, for the defendant's advantage, of the plaintiff's name or likeness.

• Media goes too far
• Invading privacy goes against Right to Privacy.
• Government has to restrict the paparazzi.
• Boundaries between freedom of press and privacy of celebrities.
• Media Supervision

• What is Privacy/ Right to Privacy?
• The Development of Free Press
• Violation of Celebrity Privacy
• Example of Privacy Invasion
• Celebrities Desire for Their Privacy
• Conclusion

What is Privacy?

Privacy is the right to be let alone, or freedom from interference or intrusion.

What is Right to Privacy?

Violation of Celebrity Privacy

Example of Privacy Invasion

Paparazzi

Cameron Diaz has filed a police report charging a photographer with assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly trying to hit her and boyfriend Justin Timberlake with his car.

The right to privacy is our right to keep a domain around us, which includes all those things that are part of us, such as our body, home, property, thoughts, feelings, secrets and identity. The right to privacy gives us the ability to choose which parts in this domain can be accessed by others, and to control the extent, manner and timing of the use of those parts we choose to disclose.

Origin: Rome in 1950s "Buzzing Insects" in Italian

- New form of Celebrity Media

- Very Invasive & Aggressive

- Anti-Paparazzi Bill Proposal

• Disclosing embarrassing and private situations
• Publishing information or pictures that put public figures in false light
• Publishing pictures/information that has not been approved by that individual

Diana, Princess of Wales

Other Examples of Celebrity Privacy Invasion

- Bruce Jenner and his desire to change to a women.

- Singer Pink talks about the media posting pictures of her daughter "Like any parents, we believe our little girl deserves the right to have privacy and be protected, but unfortunately, this media climate doesn't seem to provide for that".

- Jennifer Aniston suing paparazzi over taking private pictures of her in her home.

For Privacy... For Freedom...