Stephanie’s Law
“Video voyeurism became a felony Monday with the signing of Stephanie’s Law. The law allows for punishment up to seven years in jail for videotaping a person in a private setting such as a changing room or bathroom. Stephanie Fuller lobbied for the law after a camera was installed in her bedroom… The law also places offenders on the MeghanÃs law list of convicted sex offenders in New York state.” — Rochester R News (US)
Setting aside the validity of the law itself, you can’t help but wonder about this practice of naming laws after victims — Stephanie’s Law, Meghan’s Law. On one hand, how does the victim (or the victim’s survivors) feel about it? Is it empowering to think that your name is being invoked in the name of justice? Or is it humiliating to have your victimization dragged before the public every time a similar event happens? After all, the name is in the possessive — not the Stephanie Fuller Law but Stephanie’s Law — which makes it seem as though Stephanie herself is violated by every transgression. You’re not just breaking a law, you’re violating Stephanie, over and over and over again. What’s more, it’s not a name like the Monroe Doctrine or the Heimlich Maneuver or Fermat’s Last Theorem. It’s not a testament to some kind of achievement but rather the recollection of a rape, murder, or victimization. Doesn’t it just bring back painful memories? Or to the contrary, does it make you feel as though you’re getting revenge (and not just on the criminal who violated you, but on everyone who violates another person in the same way)?
And what about the constitutionality of this naming practice? Doesn’t it lend a partiality to the law? Doesn’t it add an element of hysteria? If the law were called the Video Voyeurism Statute, the name would be both descriptive and neutral. But when it is called Stephanie’s Law, it invokes prior horrors, it gives the law a kind of mascot — Stephanie — and the attendant fear that the mascot will appear on talk shows and news reels if prosecutors aren’t sufficiently aggressive in their pursuit of offenders. Someone should do a study: are you more likely of being convicted if you’re accused of breaking Stephanie’s Law than you are if you’re accused of violating the Video Voyeurism Statute?
i’ve thought the same thing many times myself. keep up the good work.
I have a friend that suspects she is being spy cammed on polish tv. Any way to find out. Any suggestions? Please help.
I have recently been the victim of this crime and am currently going through legal battles with the man who did this to me. I live in the state of Colorado which this is only considered a misdemeaner not a felony. I was wondering if anyone had advice on how to begin the process of petioning this to a felony?
Thanks, Jenie
A couple days ago I was on a popular file sharing site and I was looking through the vid files. I admit I’ve been curious about the whole “voyeur” idea so I randomly chose a few files on the subject. What I found changed my whole outlook on the subject. My sister was in one of the files trying on bathing suits, MY SISTER!! And can you believe I felt victimized? Now I’m not sure if I should tell my sister or just ignore it. She’s 25 now but she looks younger in the vid. And I’m not sure about the laws concerning this in Nevada. (Not letting her know?) I just don’t want her to have this in her head the rest of her life if there’s nothing she can do about it. Better off not knowing, she’s lasted this long right? One thing I know for sure is the whole “voyeur” subject is no longer interesting to me. No, now it just pisses me off and makes me want to– Well I guess I just want to say that I’m sorry that it had to take this incident to see it in this light.
Did you find your naked sister hot?
i saw that one with your sister- man, i came all over my chest
Ummm,
Some people see a surreptitious video shot during a sex act as a lovely little memoir, and rather stimulating. But they just passed
a federal law all the way through Congress, signed by president in only Dec of 2004. Iwonder if anybody’s been nicked yet, but it makes a certain vice a whole lot more dangerous from an
authorities standpoint. Women can TAG your ass if youre not careful, even plant cameras and say you were doing it. Weird.
Just another sign of America getting more uptight.
Geez that is hot. You know, I used to spy on my little sis since she was like 15 yrs old. I have always fantasized about finding some amateur sex video or photos of her on the net. You are a lucky man, that is a one-in-a-lifetime coincidence :D
There are two points worth making and they even overlap.
Firstly these days there is a veritable sea of naked bodies out on the internet. Ranging from topless to going at it. Really, who cares or remembers if they happen to be of you?
As long as your full name, or anything else isn’t present that can give labels to confirm a clear, indisputable identification. The concern’s over career prospects, personal safety, custody battles or family respect. Your physical person, an untagged image of your body, nude and even sexualized is no sensation. I’s gotten like looking at zillions of spiders.
With so many out there, that if you look at enough porn images, outside of those involving established porn actors, you will find clones of yourself and many you know.
I saw a female in an amatuer sex clip that I’d have sworn was a past girlfriend of my son’s.
I’d even bumped into her recently. Since he’d know details of her breasts and genitals, he had no doubt it wasn’t her.
I’ve seen shots of a few women that I had to examine in detail, to work out, wether they were of me 10 yrs ago. Samething for the fuzzier sexual activity clips of me(?) 3yrs ago.
It took magnified shots, for the part dressed ones, to eliminate covert photos of me.
Another, wearing a typical black short dress, dances the same way, venue’s possible, standard, type of pub dance space. This time, I can only eliminate myself by the display of increasingly risque behaviours of this clone of my 10yrs ago self.
Another potential recording of what could be me 3yrs ago having sex. A very brief and poor quality recording.
Did ex really record a snippet briefly?? Maybe?? Fragments do look similar – though no one could understand that blur really, including me – Plus the fact of so many similar persons on the net. Irrelevant!!
I’ve seen some very high quality shots, of people who could well be who I think they are.
As long as they don’t involve sadism, vulnerable creatures or children, I just think, “so what if it is them and not an identical other”
..Just don’t be masturbating or undressing or having real or playing up cybersex sex in the following places: your car revealing its rego, outside your house with it’s number visible, any highly distictive ornaments owned, or video yourself with too much of the room exposed.
Then it doesn’t matter if you’re ever secretly or purposely recorded.
The fact is, that even when there are no actual images of your real self naked or semi clothed online, there still will be virtual clones. These are generally indistinguishable. So there will usually be some images “of you”,at various ages, continually out there in cyber space.
Don’t be troubled by this. The fact is most who even think it’s you, won’t say anything. Not many peope are prepared to divulge their porn surfing habbits. Again, no one really cares or remembers much.
To the guy with his suspected sister, shut up! Your probably wrong. Why distress her if it was her or worse having you suggest you think it’s her and others could too. Or share with her what get’s your rocks off when she most likely doesn’t want to know such details about a family member.
Furthermore, Mr Bro, if it wasn’t a public change room and someone she trusted was violating her by displaying private images, you still wouldn’t tell and upset her. You’d threaten the person with legal charges, unless stopping with maximal image retrieval.
Ideally you’d find these change roomsto check them for hidden cameras. If you found them, you’d involve law enforement promptly.
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