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

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

[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" <jon () skynetweb com>
To: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
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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