FC: Another 1A vs. privacy case: Lawsuit over autospy photos

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Thu May 24 2001 - 20:38:47 PDT

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    [But can a dead man have any privacy interests in photographs of his body? 
    Can his family members sue a web site that posted the photos for 
    "entertainment, amusement or profit?" If so, is that any different in 
    principle from photos and video that evening news airs every day? Why would 
    it be permissible for the state to (before the new law passed) make the 
    photos available to anyone willing to trek down to the courthouse but 
    impermissible to publish them? --Declan]
    
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    Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 16:37:21 -0400
    From: "J. Lasser" <jonat_private>
    To: Declan McCullagh <declanat_private>
    Subject: AP Newswire: Man Sues Site Over Autopsy Photos
    
    http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/sports/AP-CAR-Autopsy-Photos-Orr.html
    
    
    Man Sues Site Over Autopsy Photos
    By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    Filed at 4:09 p.m. ET
    
    BUNNELL, Fla. (AP) -- A Web site that posted graphic autopsy photos of a
    NASCAR racer killed in a crash at Daytona International Speedway in 1994
    is being sued by the driver's father.
    
    The lawsuit filed in Flagler County Circuit Court could eventually force
    Michael Uribe, the president of a DeLand-based Web site, to remove the
    photos and pay punitive damages to the family of Rodney Orr.
    
    ``He had no business putting that out on the Internet,'' said Beacher
    Orr, a 62-year-old Palm Coast resident.
    
    [ . . . ]
    
    
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