My brief thoughts.
Good for hogan. This public interest bs shouldn't include publishing clearly private sexual recordings. There is no public good that comes from this.
The media is imo hilariously biased against hogan here. Free speech is not even remotely an issue here. This is about public figures being allowed to be reported on because of public interest. However it should never be unlimited. Gawkers brand of sleazy reporting only encourages hackers and their ilk to steal public people's most private recordings.
The Thiel angle is also bs imo. I've read quite a few articles at note that 3rd party financing for important litigation is super common. By getting precedent on the books that stealing private videos with no public benefit, it helps protect people from this kind of sleazy reporting. Thiel being outed isn't even comparable.
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