Could Publishing Your Chatroulette Conversation Land You in the Pokey?
Even though the Chatroulette craze has pretty much jumped the shark, the legal implications for its brief but wild run may not be over for some time. The issue in question: Is it legal to record your Chatroulette conversations and publish them without the consent of the other party? For instance, just last week FBLA’s Pandora Young was sexually propositioned by Jabba the Hut on Chatroulette — a conversation which she posted online. In doing so, did FBLA violate Jaba’s privacy protection? Perhaps more relevant, did the thousands of others folks who broadcast their conversations with actual people break the law?
Neon Tommy reporter Paresh Dave spoke with a trio of experts — associate professor of law at Santa Clara University Eric Goldman; Jack Lerner, a visiting clinical assistant professor of law at the USC Gould School of Law; and Seth Stern, a First Amendment and defamation attorney for Chicago-based law...
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