Any images taken in public are fair game, she said. But if the photos were captured in a private room, they will have to be proven newsworthy. “Mr. Bezos is a businessman and not a political figure -- it’s not necessarily newsworthy that he has a mistress,” she said.
‘Fighting Back’
In the Hulk Hogan case, the legal fight against Gawker was financed by billionaire Peter Thiel. He was outed as gay by a Gawker website in 2007 and told the New York Times he believed it was worth “fighting back” against the business.
The Bezos-Enquirer tussle may be another instance where the legal questions are eclipsed by a broader battle.
“Let’s face it,” said Corynne McSherry, legal director for the Electronic Frontier Foundation in San Francisco. “Here we have another place where a copyright dispute is serving as a proxy for the real fight.”
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