Privacy Issues in Contemporary Art: New Scenarios and Technologies

Brian Rowe & Jennifer SmallWashington Lawyers for the Arts

Historical Context: Privacy,

Photography, and the

Press

The Right to Privacy,

1890

Samuel D. Warren and Louis D. Brandeis

Public Disclosure of Private Facts

Commercial Appropriation of

LikenessFalse Light

Intrusion Upon Seclusion

Use versus Collection

Factual versus Visual

Privacy Torts

Nussenzweig v. diCorcia

Commercial Appropriation of

Likeness

Foster v. Svenson

Commercial Appropriation of

Likeness

Washington

Heather Dewey-Hagborg

Privacy is Dead,

Long Live Privacy

Reasonable Expectation of Privacy Photo CC BY Trekphiler -

wikimedia

Mishka Henner's Google Street View series

Street Takedown

Street Takedown

Street Takedown

Kohei Yoshiyuki’s Park series 1970’s - Infrared Lens

http://ahprojects.com/projects/stealth-wear

Virgin Mobile Case

Washington RCW

Washington State Constitution

SECTION 7 INVASION OF PRIVATE AFFAIRS OR HOME

PROHIBITED. No person shall be disturbed in his private affairs, or his home

invaded, without authority of law.

RCW 9.73.030Intercepting, recording, or divulging private

communication — Consent required

RCW 63.60.010 WA - Right of Publicity

RCW 63.60.010 WA - Right of Publicity

RCW 63.60.070 1(2)(A)WA - Right of PublicityExemption – Single use of fine art – “not published in more

than five copies”

Jimi Hendrix T-Shirt Ideaby amhaleyDeviant Art

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act

withoutmyconsent.org

Washington RCW 9A.44.115 & State v. Glass

“Intrusion”

“statute recognizes an expectation of privacy in public places”

SourcesThe Fine Art of Spying online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324094704579065123679605360

estate of Jimi Hendrix v. HendrixLicensing.com 2011 Right of publicity post deathgov.uscourts.wawd.157851.105.0

Stealth Wear - ahprojects.com/projects/stealth-wear

Digital Media Law - www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/washington/washington-recording-law

Google Street Reporting hgoogle.com/intl/en_us/maps/about/behind-the-scenes/streetview/privacy/

Special Thanks to Elizabeth Whitney, WLA Legal Intern 2L Seattle University Law

Q&A Graphic under CC BY SA Libby Levi for opensource.com