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Sample Q - Privacy |
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Sample Q - Privacy |
A "COP VIDEO" camera crew got a tip that a police narcotics squad planned to raid the home of Harry and Diane Deal. In the hopes of getting the raid on tape, a camera crew went to the Deal's house, arriving at the same time as the police. As the police broke down the front door of the house the camera crew followed them into the Deal's living room. The crew got pictures of the police with guns drawn ordering the Deal's and several friends to lay down on the floor. The faces of all the suspects were clearly visible. The photographers continued to shoot video after Harry Deal ordered them to "turn the cameras off and get out of my house." They turned off the cameras and left only when the police ordered them out of the house. When the police led the Deal's and their friends out of the house in handcuffs, the crew shot video of the scene from the street outside the house.
A ten-second clip from the"DONE DEAL" segment showing the raid and arrest at the Deal house was used in promotional spots for COP VIDEO on television stations around the country and the segment aired on COP VIDEO three weeks later. The next day the Deals filed an intrusion suit against the television show and all members of the camera crew. At the same time the Deals filed appropriation and publication of private facts suits. Is it likely that any of the suits will be successful? YES or NO? EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER.
