Videoed without consent--it's only illegal in 5 states.

[KillerMuffin]

I normally don't care for lifetime TV, but I saw a movie today about a woman who lives in Louisana. One of the men in her community broke into her house and installed tiny video cameras all over, including the bedroom and bathroom.

He released these tapes over the Internet and shared them with friends. That's how he was found out.

This woman discovered that what he did was not illegal. The only thing they could get him on was breaking into their home. There was nothing illegal about taking video--rated x as well--without the consent of person being videoed.

In 1999 the law making this illegal was passed in Louisiana. In April 2002 only 5 states had laws against non-consentual video taping.

Does this seem wrong to anyone else?

 

[Weird Harold]

In 1999 the law making this illegal was passed in Louisiana. In April 2002 only 5 states had laws against non-consentual video taping.

Does this seem wrong to anyone else?

Wouldn't laws against peeping toms apply to this situation? He might have been doing it "by remote control" but he was still "peeping in her window" and invading her privacy.

Is "peeping even illegal in those states which haven't passed non-consensual video laws?

 

[glamorilla]

i'm going to have to go with yes...i think its wrong.

 

[perks]

Does this seem wrong to anyone else?

that you watch lifetime? yes, completely and untterly wrong.

 

[cybergirly]

It's going to take time. It's a fairly new phenomenon to be able to video tape and play those videos over the internet. We are video taped everywhere, every day. Think about it, our places of employment, the stores we shop in, as we drive down the freeway, even in parking lots. It's going to take time for the laws to catch up with the technology.

 

[Eumenides]

How in the world can they not see that as an illegal invasion of privacy. I am with Harold here.

But the fact that you were watching Lifetime was almost as wrong...

 

[Mr. Asshole]

Should have hired the bf or husband to do it for him.

 

[monster666]

Isn't breaking and entering against the law pretty much everywhere? Seems that under the circumstances, that could at lease enforce the harshest penalty for that.

I normally don't care for lifetime TV, but I saw a movie today about a woman who lives in Louisana. One of the men in her community broke into her house and installed tiny video cameras all over, including the bedroom and bathroom.

He released these tapes over the Internet and shared them with friends. That's how he was found out.

This woman discovered that what he did was not illegal. The only thing they could get him on was breaking into their home. There was nothing illegal about taking video--rated x as well--without the consent of person being videoed.

In 1999 the law making this illegal was passed in Louisiana. In April 2002 only 5 states had laws against non-consentual video taping.

Does this seem wrong to anyone else?

 

[Aussie Worm]

The laws can never keep up with technology, it has always been like that and it always will be.

There was a similar thing here on one of those tabloid current affairs shows. However it was slightly different; the landlord was filming his tennants and it was completely legal.