Vanessa Bryant sued media outlets for publishing pictures of the bodies of her husband NBA legend Kobe Bryant and their 13-year-old daughter Gianna, who were killed in a helicopter crash on January 26, 2020. The photos had been taken by first responders at the crash site on their personal cellphones and forwarded to colleagues, who shared them with others. The photos were published by the media outlets in connection with news stories about the crash.
Fully analyze all legal and ethical claims in connection with the publication by the media outlets of the photos. This assignment will be submitted in two parts.
respond from a strictly legal standpoint, whether Vanessa Bryant would have a claim for publication of private facts (Chapter 4) or publicity (Chapter 5). The legal response is worth 5 points.
respond from a strictly ethical standpoint, whether the media outlets did the right thing in publishing the photographs (irrespective of whether there could be a successful legal claim). You must cite at least one ethical code in your response. The ethics response is worth 5 points. Total points for assignment: 10 points.
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