Jay-Z, Solange, and Privacy.

There should be a law for that. How often do we hear that phrase.

I think it is time for a law that protects public figures from the paparazzi mobs that follow them, from the far less than flattering pictures and even from the videos of the smack down by a friend or relative like that being chatted about on the net involving Jay-Z Solange.

I for one don’t buy the magazines that buy these photos, I don’t look at the internet sites that promote them and I don’t find it even interesting to hear about it because what it is really about is causing pain and embarrassment. It would be different if a public official was engaging in inappropriate conduct, but even then, Please Please no more pictures of congressman in underwear. A simple statement that Congressman so and so was again caught text a picture of his private parts.

The bottom line is that there are plenty of laws that might apply such as intentional infliction of emotional distress, but the concepts of freedom of speech and freedom of the press become shields allowing others to make lots of money off the pain of others. So although it may be legal to video tape people that have no expectation of privacy, (in an elevator but not in a restroom) especially for a legitimate purpose, that does not mean it should be broadcast on the net.