Serious question- does anyone writing for Gawker/whatever these sites are called now believe in any semblance of privacy for public figures? I know that there in a continuum of shades of grey for ethics/legality, but it seems like every writer for these sites brushes them asides saying “if this person is famous I can…

This is still missing the point from a legal perspective and from a 1st Amendment perspective. I hit on this 1,000 times on Gawker before it died, and I’ll try again here.

Let me get this straight you want it to be legal to publish medical records on the internet. No thank you, no one should be allowed to do this unless they are your medical records. This is silly, I don’t even want my president’s medical records to be posted publicly. A doctor signing off on his health is plenty.

Because Media Law & Ethics isn’t a class you take when you major in English or History.

That’s ESPN’s argument too - but I don’t agree with it. The way one discovers information is important, otherwise HIPAA laws wouldn’t exist. Their lawyer say that JPP’s case is baseless because “Plaintiff’s theory is that it is fine to quote from a document, but it is unlawful to attach a photo of similar words as…

My only question is “Did the public have a right to know?” This isn’t a presidential candidate or some other politician who is depended on by the public. He’s a football player.

JPP is suing because his medical records were released to the public. Adam Schefter as a reporter (I assume) knows medical records are protected. He then willing releases them with the reasonable knowledge/understanding that he is releasing protected information which was obtained illegally?

While it remains to be seen with JPP, the legal system disagrees with you (and I) on the 2nd part.

Seems pretty simple: you can report on his condition, but you can’t leak personal medical records.

Nowhere in this article is even a passing mention of HIPAA. From all looks here ESPN participated in the intentional breach of personal medical data. Not only is there the threat of civil litigation here there’s also the US government standing by to pass out fines as well. Interested to hear anyone else’s informed…

To me a major difference is that Bollea himself dicussed his sexlife in public and the video was purchased from its creator and (arguably) owner.

If reporters write that you have been diagnosed with Intermittent Explosive Disorder as part of a piece about the recent damage to the men’s restroom at Gawker, this is much different than them posting official medical records that indicate it.

Are you honestly comparing JPP to Thiel? This is not a billionaire with a grudge from a separate incident, it’s a millionaire who’s private medical records were shared publicly for no reason...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry%27…

I read more news than probably 90% of people, and I’m honest enough to admit that if someone point-blank asked me for an opinion on Aleppo, I would have guessed it was a new pharmaceutical.

You know what’s funny is that you are putting the onus of starting a conversation solely on Mr. Beckham. Did it ever occur to you that Ms. Dunham could have simply started a conversation with Mr. Beckham rather than pretend that she could read his mind?

Lena’s a comedian?

Per the people of tumblr:

I wish every media outlet would pretend they didn’t know this tryhard fuccboi.

Is the premise of Lena Dunham’s argument that she deserves to be paid attention to?