{"id":98,"date":"2009-07-21T13:11:33","date_gmt":"2009-07-21T13:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayethics\/2009\/07\/erin-andrews-peephole-video-are-gawkers-getting-what-they-deserve.html"},"modified":"2009-07-21T13:11:33","modified_gmt":"2009-07-21T13:11:33","slug":"erin-andrews-peephole-video-are-gawkers-getting-what-they-deserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayethics\/2009\/07\/erin-andrews-peephole-video-are-gawkers-getting-what-they-deserve.html","title":{"rendered":"Erin Andrews Peephole Video: Are Gawkers Getting What They Deserve?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today the New York Post reported<\/a> that looky-loos trying to get an eyeful of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews, who was apparently filmed in a state of undress without her knowledge or consent through the peephole of her hotel room, went trolling the internet for a video, only to encounter, instead… a virus.<\/p>\n

All I can say is, HA! <\/p>\n

Ha, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha<\/em>. You deserve what you got. <\/p>\n

Exploiting women on the internet may be a huge, unstoppable business, but any time people who support it by trying to download the video (Paris Hilton’s sex tape comes to mind) get screwed, I feel a little justice has been served. <\/p>\n

It’s one thing if you yourself put a video out there for money, or any other reason. It’s another if someone violates your privacy by surreptitiously filming you, then releasing the results for millions to see. And while I hold the perpetrator of that crime the most responsibile, those who buy — or try to beg, borrow, or in this case download — the product of his criminal act, in full knowledge of the humiliation and pain it causes the victim, are far from blameless. <\/p>\n

So if you came to this page searching for that video — you’re getting a wag of my finger for this huge ethical no-no. <\/p>\n

Do you agree with my take on this topic?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

UPDATE 7\/22\/09: The Washington Post agrees — sort of (they suggest it’s possible Andrews knew she was being taped and this is all a cynical publicity stunt). See their article here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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