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More than two-thirds of Hawaii's state senators have signed onto a bill to protect celebrities from paparazzi, giving famous faces power to sue over unwanted beach photos and other snapshots on the islands. Read more: www.myfoxny.com...
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that Hawai‘i is home to many celebrities, particularly on Maui, who are subjected to harassment from photographers and reporters seeking photographs and news stories. The privacy of these celebrities endure unwarranted invasion into their personal lives. Although their celebrity status may justify a lower expectation of privacy, the legislature finds that sometimes the paparazzi go too far to disturb the peace and tranquility afforded celebrities who escape to Hawai‘i for a quiet life.
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A person is liable for a civil action of constructive invasion of privacy if the person captures or intends to capture, in a manner that is offensive to a reasonable person, through any means a visual image, sound recording, or other physical impression of another person while that person is engaging in a personal or familial activity with a reasonable expectation of privacy.
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A person is liable for a civil action of constructive invasion of privacy if the person captures or intends to capture, in a manner that is offensive to a reasonable person, through any means a visual image, sound recording, or other physical impression of another person while that person is engaging in a personal or familial activity with a reasonable expectation of privacy.
Originally posted by PsykoOps
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A person is liable for a civil action of constructive invasion of privacy if the person captures or intends to capture, in a manner that is offensive to a reasonable person, through any means a visual image, sound recording, or other physical impression of another person while that person is engaging in a personal or familial activity with a reasonable expectation of privacy.
Added embhasis to the points that stick out for me.
What kind of reasonable person finds pictures in public offensive? They want to have reasonable expectation of privacy on public beaches?
Makes no sense to me.edit on 2/2/2013 by PsykoOps because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by DAVID64
They're famous, they sought fame and people wanting pics and autographs are part of it.
Originally posted by Pervius
First off Hawaii's lawmakers will be overturned by the Courts.
Second...the paparazzi can use low key miniature cameras on remotely controlled vehicles and get their photo's without EVER getting caught.
Essentially Hawaii's Lawmakers just wasted a few hours of their day and some perfectly good paper and ink.
Originally posted by mikell
I had a friend hit the lotto a few years ago and I know what he went through I can only imagine what the famous have to deal with every day