On the Paparazzi

[Scott]

Actress Jennifer Aniston is suing a paparazzo, claiming he invaded her privacy by using a telephoto lens to photograph her inside her home when she was topless or partly undressed.

The actress, showing off one of her Friends in profile on the December cover of the men's magazine, has launched a preemptive war against pictures that let them all hang out.

Aniston attorney John H. Lavely Jr. charges that the topless photos were snapped by shutterbug Peter Brandt who, "using powerful telephoto lenses," and sitting "more than one mile away from Ms. Aniston's home," captured The Good Girl in the act of disrobing in her own abode.

At what point have you gone too far when photographing someone? What if the photos were taken when Aniston was out in public? Do you have respect for the paparazzi? Would you like to be harassed everywhere you went by hundreds of cameras? Should we feel sorry for multimillionaire celebrities who get this kind of treatment?

[L'Apprenti]

The price of being a celebrity, the pursuit fame and fortune. It's not fair, but that's the nature of the business.

I don't think there's ever a point in going too far, as far as paparazzi is concerned. They are willing to crash into celebrities' cars, assault their kids' nanny, tailgate them till an accident occurs. There's nothing they wouldn't do to take a good picture.

Aniston' suit would carry more weight had the photographer sold the pictures. There was a similar incident of an authorised video clip showing a topless Janet Jackson at the poolside. The clip made its way to the Internet, Jackson's lawyers took action, and the clip quickly disappeared.

So in a sense, it only goes too far when there's money involved, or lives being endangered.

Photos taken in public locale are public domain. Nobody, not even celebrities, can sue for that. California law is very lax towards these kinds of things. I'm sure it's a similar case in Florida, Scott, where the National Enquirer is based. As long as the perpetrators don't lay a hand on the person, they can even go as far as to point a video camera under a woman's skirt and capture what she wears (or don't wear) underneath. Aside from moral outrage and/or threats of assault (on the perpetrators), it is not deemed a criminal act and not prosecutable in court.

The best way to deal with it is to avoid the spotlight (which some celebrities have done and in doing so better able to protect their private lives), stay away from 'hot spots', and move to places where such behaviour can be prosecuatable in court, like Wyoming, Idaho or Virginia. It also helps to not engage in high-profile/high-risk activities like drugs, partying, extra-marital affairs and such, which are magnets for paparazzi.

But I must confess I enjoy looking at the photos. So yeah, I don't feel all that sorry for them.

[PigsnieLite]

Papparazzi are Evool! THey killed Lady Diana! I haf no Sympathy for them, I dont care if they have 15 childrun to raise. They are VILE! [PLite peeks around the corner of his house, watching if any of the locusts will show up for his afternoon tea.]

[SCAREYASHELL]

Death to the paparazzi!

[Redneck Ninja]

Originally Posted by SCAREYASHELL

Death to the paparazzi!

Agreed.

Unless, they get nudie pictures of Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Keira Knightley, Anna Kournikova, Scarlett Johansson, Angelina Jolie, Eva Longoria or any other hot female celebrity.

[SCAREYASHELL]

Originally Posted by Redneck Ninja

Agreed.

Unless, they get nudie pictures of Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Keira Knightley, Anna Kournikova, Scarlett Johansson, Angelina Jolie, Eva Longoria or any other hot female celebrity.

Then they are the true gods I would want them to be be, give me SKIN!

[SCAREYASHELL]

Originally Posted by Redneck Ninja

Agreed.

Unless, they get nudie pictures of Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Keira Knightley, Anna Kournikova, Scarlett Johansson, Angelina Jolie, Eva Longoria or any other hot female celebrity.

I would definitely buy that!

[missy]

scott currently has 999 posts. just wanted to point that out.

(end thread hijack here)

[PigsnieLite]

[Thread hijack resumed.] ANd nobody gave me champagne when I crossed 6000! Hahahaha! [PLite resumes untangling his tinsul.]

[jimjones22]

no one celebrated when i reached 8