![]() ![]() As a tort concept, it embraces at least four branches of protected interests: protection from unreasonable intrusion upon one’s seclusion, from appropriation of one’s name or likeness, from unreasonable publicity given to one’s private life, and from publicity which unreasonably places one in a false light before the public. Note that we do not have here the question of the protection of one’s privacy from governmental invasion. Thomas McCarthy, The Rights of Publicity and Privacy (1987) Thomas Emerson, The System of Freedom of Expression 544–61 (1970). 1 Footnote See, e.g., William Prosser, Law of Torts 117 (4th ed. Privacy is a concept composed of several aspects. ![]() Governmental power to protect the privacy interests of its citizens by penalizing publication or authorizing causes of action for publication implicates directly First Amendment rights. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
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