The Fame Game

1
The Fame Game

• Do famous people have the right to privacy?
• When do paparazzi cross the line?

2
History

• The term paparazzo was coined by Federico
  Fellini in his 1959 film La Dolce Vita
• In the movie, Fellini had a prying society
  cameraman which he gave the name Signor Paparazzo
  
• It comes from the Itialian word papatacci
  translating to gnat and razzi meant to
  represent the popping of flashbulbs

3
THE Celebrity

• Ownership- the pictures that paparazzi take are
  pictures of other people without their consent
  therefore they dont belong to the paparazzi to
  sell.
• Reputation- sometimes the photographs that
  paparazzi take taint the reputation of the
  celebrity.
• Private Property- trespassing paparazzi that
  violate private space of a celebrity are at fault
  and should not be allowed. Pictures taken on
  private property are a violation of celebrities
  rights to privacy.
• Safety- the safety of celebrities is sometimes
  put in the balance when paparazzi are trying to
  capture the picture they want. One example of
  this is the Princess Dianna Scandal.

4
THE PAPARAZZI

• Celebrities and Paparazzi depend on each other
  for business. Paparazzi take pictures of
  celebrities to sell which in turn publicize
  celebrities.
• Property rights exist to allocate ownership of
  scarce resources to a specified owner. Thus
  saying that it is only scarce things that are
  property.
• It is hard to accuse paparazzi on the basis of
  theft or damage to property or reputation when,
  by the above definition, no property rights are
  violated.

5
SOME CASES
"I understand I'm a celebrity, I make a good
living, I don't ask anybody to feel sorry for me
and I don't expect anyone to. But I think that we
all should be afforded certain civil rights and
some of them are you can't put bounties on
people's heads, and have people try to jump in
your window for 300,000 to get a picture of you
and your baby," George Clooney
"I believe that when my children are going to
primary school, nursery or football school they
should be left alone. And they're not. And
they're not even with their parents. My eldest
son, Brooklyn, goes to a football school. I was
working at the time and Victoria was working, or
looking after Cruz, and paparazzi showed up and
harassed him and chased him into the football
school. This is a six-year-old little boy. For
me, that's crossing the line. And, of course,
that affected him. David Beckham
These are just a few celebrities perspectives on
paparazzi. Many celebrities feel violated by
paparazzi that intrude their lives by trying to
take pictures of them and their private lives.