Personal Information on the Internet

Feb 1, 2008

C-SPAN | Communicators

Daniel Solove talked about his book The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor and Privacy on the Internet, published by Yale University Press. In his book Mr. Solove contends that people's reputation can be damaged without recourse and that free speech and privacy must be reviewed in regards to the Internet. He discussed the use of the .. Read More
Daniel Solove talked about his book The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor and Privacy on the Internet, published by Yale University Press. In his book Mr. Solove contends that people's reputation can be damaged without recourse and that free speech and privacy must be reviewed in regards to the Internet. He discussed the use of the Internet as a tool for gossip and slander and the privacy issues raised by posting private information about others on chatrooms, online discussion groups, and blogs. Mr. Solove gave many examples Internet noteriety, including some that started with people making their own posts. Some video and audio clips were shown. He talked about the conflict between the right to free speech and the right to privacy. Mr. Solove talked about the precedents that have been established in law cases and advocated using the courts rather than regulations to resolve conflicts. "The Communicators" is C-SPAN's weekly series that examines the people and events currently shaping telecommunications policy.

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00:00:27 Unidentified Speaker DANIELLE SOLOVE IS THE AUTHOR OF THE FUTURE OF REPUTATION, AND GOSSIP RUMORED AND PRIVACY ON THE INTERNET....
00:00:46 Unidentified Speaker WE ARE REALLY SEEING A BIG DIRECT OF PRIVACY TODAY BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES IN HISTORY...
00:01:09 Unidentified Speaker IS THAT FREEDOM OR THE LACK OF PRIVACY?
00:01:11 Unidentified Speaker I THINK IT IS BOTH. I THINK ON THE ONE HAND I THINK IT IS WONDERFUL. I BLOG MYSELF. I THINK BLOGGING...
00:02:03 Unidentified Speaker SO, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
00:02:04 Unidentified Speaker IT MEANS THAT PEOPLE'S REPUTATIONS ARE GOING TO BE COMING TO SOME EXTENT DETERMINED BY THIS ONLINE...
00:02:28 Unidentified Speaker GIVE US AN EXAMPLE THAT IS IN THE BOOK.
00:02:31 Unidentified Speaker ONE EXAMPLE, WHAT I HAVE OPENED IN THE BOOK IS THE STORY OF THE -- THIS HAPPENED IN SOUTH KOREA, A...
00:03:35 Unidentified Speaker SO, WHAT IS SAP ENDURE NOW?
00:03:40 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE NO IDEA ACTUALLY. THE STORY IS KIND OF STOPPED AND I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT BECAME OF HER....
00:03:46 Unidentified Speaker WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT REPUTATION, HAS PEOPLE'S REPUTATIONS, BESIDES THIS WOMAN, AND RUINED BY THE INTERNET...
00:03:55 Unidentified Speaker YES, THERE'S A STORY THAT HAPPENED HERE IN D.C., THE WASHINGTONIAN CASE. A COTLER WHO WAS WORKING...
00:04:46 Unidentified Speaker YENT, DID HE WHEN?
00:04:48 Unidentified Speaker RIGHT NOW THE CASE IS IN LIMBO BECAUSE SHE DECLARED BANKRUPTCY.
00:04:53 Unidentified Speaker IT IS A CASE THAT COULD SET PRECEDENT? IS IT A MAJOR CASE LOOKING AT THE INTERNET?
00:04:59 Unidentified Speaker I THINK SO, I DEFINITELY THINK THERE IS A LAW THAT PREEXISTS TO THIS THAT THIS CASE IS ONE OF THE...
00:05:15 Unidentified Speaker YOU READ THE DETAILS ABOUT YOUR PRIVATE LIFE AND THE INTERNET CAN BECOME PERMANENT DIGITAL PETTITTE...
00:05:24 Unidentified Speaker MICHAEL IS A GUY WHO IT IS WRITTEN ABOUT, I BELIEVE IT WAS A WHILE BACK AND I THINK THE BOSTON GLOBE,...
00:06:05 Unidentified Speaker SHOULD PEOPLE BE RESTRICTED IN YOUR VIEW FROM PUTTING THAT INFORMATION ON LINE, ON BEING ABLE TO DO...
00:06:13 Unidentified Speaker I THINK, SORT OF YES AND NO. WHEN IT COMES TO PUTTING YOUR OWN INFORMATION ON LINE, PEOPLE SHOULD...
00:06:54 Unidentified Speaker BUT, IS UP THERE AND IT IS OUT THERE, SUCH AS THE KOREAN WOMAN. HOW DO GET IT BACK?
00:07:02 Unidentified Speaker ONCE IT IS REALLY SPREAD, IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO PUT THE GENIE BACK IN THE BOTTLE. BEFORE IT GOES...
00:07:30 Unidentified Speaker HAVE THERE BEEN ANY CASES OF THAT HAPPENING, WHERE PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED COMPENSATION FOR FALLS INTERNET...
00:07:37 Unidentified Speaker CERTAINLY THERE UP IN SOME CASES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE RECOVERED FOR FALSE INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET....
00:09:08 Unidentified Speaker AND WILL BE FOREVER KNOWN AS THE STAR WARS KIT.
00:09:11 Unidentified Speaker IF YOU GOOGLE HIS NAME YOU WILL PULL UP A WIKIPEDIA ENTRY, YOU WILL PULL UP WIKIPEDIA ENTRY FOR HIM...
00:09:27 Unidentified Speaker YOU WRITE IN YOUR BOOK, THAT THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNET INVOLVED NOT ONLY THE CLASH BETWEEN FREEDOM...
00:09:41 Unidentified Speaker A LOT OF THE EARLY WRITING ON THE INTERNET FOCUS DUNN, THE INTERNET COULD BE A WORLD OF RADICAL FREEDOM,...
00:11:14 Unidentified Speaker YOU WRITE THAT IN AMERICAN HISTORY WE HAVE GONE FROM RIOTS TO DUELS, TO LOVE. WHERE ARE WE WITH REGARD...
00:11:23 Unidentified Speaker WE ARE SAYING I THINK DIFFICULTIES, A LOT OF STRUGGLING TO TAKE HOLD IN DEAL WITH THE INTERNET. USE...
00:12:14 Unidentified Speaker ARE THERE ANY LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS BEING TAKEN BY STATES OR BY CONGRESS, THE COURTS, TO RESTRICT THE...
00:12:23 Unidentified Speaker I DO SEE CERTAIN THINGS HAPPENING IN THE STATES. I HAVE NOT SEEN MUCH OF THE FEDERAL LEVEL BUT AT...
00:12:51 Unidentified Speaker WHICH STATES HAVE PURSUED THIS?
00:12:54 Unidentified Speaker THIS WAS ACTUALLY PURSUED A BIT AND AN ORDINANCE IN MISSOURI AFTER A CASE INVOLVING A FAKE MYSPACE...
00:13:06 Unidentified Speaker THE SUICIDE OF THE TEENAGE GIRL? BEEBE MEGHAN MIER CASE, AND IT DID NOT DIRECTLY RESTRICTED BUT I...
00:13:57 Unidentified Speaker WITH REGARD TO THE MEGHAN CASE IN MISSOURI, IT WAS ALMOST A POLICY THAT WENT AFTER THE MOTHER, IS...
00:14:07 Unidentified Speaker THE CASE INVOLVES HIS MOTHER OF ANOTHER TEENAGER, WHO WANTED TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS BEING GOSSIP ABOUT...
00:15:35 Unidentified Speaker THE PUBLIC RECORDS ARE ALSO ON LINE. WERE THEY ABLE TO FIND THIS WOMAN'S ADDRESS AND DRIVED BY YOUR...
00:15:46 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THAT IS A VERY INTERESTING ISSUE BECAUSE ON THE ONE HAND WE WANT TRANSPARENCY, WE WANT TO...
00:16:54 Unidentified Speaker AGAIN, ARE THERE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF THAT TYPE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION?
00:16:59 Unidentified Speaker ONCE IT IS IN A PUBLIC RECORD, THE SUPREME COURT HAS HELD THAT YOU CANNOT BE PENALIZED FOR FURTHER...
00:18:00 Unidentified Speaker SO, HAVE THERE BEEN CASES WHERE THAT THIS HAPPEN IF THE OF THE INTERNET AND HAVE THERE BEEN RESTRICTIONS...
00:18:07 Unidentified Speaker THERE IS ONE FAIRLY WELL KNOWN CASE THAT HAPPENED A FEW YEARS BACK WHERE THIS STALKER WENT TO A COMMERCIAL...
00:18:36 Unidentified Speaker SO WHAT HAPPENED? WHY DID IT BECOME A CASE?
00:18:40 Unidentified Speaker HER FAMILY SUED THE DATABASE COMPANY, AND IN A FAIRLY NOVEL HOLDING, THE COURT SAID THAT COMPANY COULD...
00:19:10 Unidentified Speaker AND HAS THAT CASE BEEN USED AS MAY BE A PRECEDENT-SETTING CASE OR HAS IT BEEN LOOKED AT BY THEIR LEGISLATIVE...
00:19:17 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE NOT SEEN IT GO MUCH FURTHER THAN THAT. IS A FAIRLY RADICAL DECISION. I THINK IT WAS DECIDED...
00:20:18 Unidentified Speaker THIS MESSAGE IS FOR DAVE CORY. HUNTER YOU CALL US AT HOME. IF YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM WITH GOING TO...
00:21:07 Unidentified Speaker THAT GOT ON THE INTERNET.
00:21:09 Unidentified Speaker EXACTLY. AND I THINK IT RAISES A LOT OF FASCINATING QUESTIONS. ON THE ONE HAND, I THINK THIS MESSAGE...
00:22:04 Unidentified Speaker SHOULD THERE BE A SOLUTION TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
00:22:09 Unidentified Speaker THAT IS A DIFFICULT THING. I THINK MAYBE. THE TOUGH THING IS, ONCE IT HAPPENS, IT IS REALLY HARD TO...
00:23:25 Unidentified Speaker HAS THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION LOOKED AT THIS ISSUE AT ALL?
00:23:31 Unidentified Speaker NOT THAT I AM AWARE OF. I HAVE NOT REALLY LOOKED AT PRECISELY WHAT THEY ARE DOING, SO I REALLY COULD...
00:23:40 Unidentified Speaker IS IT FAIR TO STILL CHARACTERIZE THE INTERNET OR THE WORLDWIDE WEB AS THE WILD, WILD WEST?
00:23:46 Unidentified Speaker I THINK PART OF IT IS. PART OF IT ACTUALLY IS FAIRLY CONTROLLED SO YOU HAVE A KIND OF COMMINATION....
00:24:04 Unidentified Speaker SEIBERT COPS. YOU CITE AN EXAMPLE OF COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS IN PEORIA ILLINI. WHAT IS THAT?
00:24:14 Unidentified Speaker THESE NEIGHBORS GET TIRED OF CRACK HOUSES THAT WERE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, SO THEY WOULD -- THEY...
00:25:14 Unidentified Speaker YOU QUOTE JUDGE RICHARD POSNER AS SAYING THE BLOGOSPHERE AS A WHOLE HAS A BUCHER ERROR CORRECTION...
00:25:28 Unidentified Speaker IN THE BLOGOSPHERE, BECAUSE INFORMATION'S SPREAD SO RAPIDLY, PEOPLE WILL RESPOND TO WHAT HAS BEEN...
00:26:03 Unidentified Speaker ARE OTHER COUNTRIES DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY THAN THE U.S. WHEN IT COMES TO REGULATING THE INTERNET?...
00:26:09 Unidentified Speaker A LOT OF OTHER COUNTRIES ARE MORE RESTRICTIVE. THE EXAMPLES I KNOW ARE FOR INSTANCE, CHINA WHICH IS...
00:27:20 Unidentified Speaker WHAT YOU TEACH AT G.W.?
00:27:22 Unidentified Speaker I TEACH INFORMATION PRIVACY LAW, AISLES TO TEACH LAW IN LITERATURE, CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CRITICAL...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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