2004-05-12

Senate bans 'Video Voyeurism'

S.1301 would make it illegal to videotape, photograph, film, broadcast or record a naked person or someone in underwear anyplace where a "reasonable person would believe that he or she could disrobe in privacy."

The legislation also would make it illegal to sneak photos of a person's "private parts" when "their private parts would not be visible to the public, regardless of whether that person is in a public or private area."

A person convicted under the law could face a fine and as much as a year in jail.

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