MC 3080 Chapter : Lec2
Document Summary
Invasion of privacy: defamation: libel relatively new area of law. Not the conventional definition of invasion falsehoods that put person in false light but are not harmful enough ot false light: protects plantiff"s right ot put forth an accurate image of: petition singer who didn"t sign. And to not have image sullied by falsehoods that would be offensive to a himself before the public reasonable person. Plaintiff must prove that false light would be highly offensive to a reasonable person: publicity that places person in a false light, as in defamation, plaintiff must prove falsehood and fault time inc v. hill, 385. Significance: imposed the actual malice fault standard on false light cases involving public figures. false light by association: context: hustler magazine is a good test. Nude model who did not want photos in hustler model wins the case because showing photos has shown her in a false light. Nude photos in a book being reviewed by hustler.
