Originally posted by vsp

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Rule one of maintaining privacy: if you want something to remain private, DON'T VIDEOTAPE IT, even if it's just for personal viewing. If Ghyslain thinks that his newfound fame is awful, he should call up Libby Hoeler and see how she's doing these days. (If you don't know who Libby is, try Google, and ask yer mum if you're under 18 before you watch her videos

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Originally posted by SKLOKAZOID

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Just to play Devil's Advocate here, he had to videotape it. In order to get the desired effect of glowing blades, he has to swing around a broomstick or a bo of some sort and then add the effects in post-production.

It's not like I've done it before or anything.

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Originally posted by ges7184

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I just wished the kid could take it the right way. Many people would kill for the type of fame this guy has achieved. The film is funny, and he should play it as "Everybody laughs because I am a comedic genius!" instead of "Everybody laughs at me because I am a big worthless dork.". I mean, I could easily see Jack Black, or back in the day Chris Farley, pulling off a similar skit or joke. And it's clear that many people don't have any ill-will toward him, they bought him a replacement for his stolen whatchyoucallit, and for goodness sake, some people are even trying to get him into the next Star Wars movie (not that it's likely, but stranger things have happened).

He should embrace his popularity, or at least he shouldn't be ashamed of it. It would make it a lot easier on himself.

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Originally posted by vsp

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Rule one of maintaining privacy: if you want something to remain private, DON'T VIDEOTAPE IT, even if it's just for personal viewing. If Ghyslain thinks that his newfound fame is awful, he should call up Libby Hoeler and see how she's doing these days. (If you don't know who Libby is, try Google, and ask yer mum if you're under 18 before you watch her videos.)

I don't know much about Canadian law, as to how concepts like "defamation of character" are handled there. That said, there's a very simple question to be answered... The pranksters didn't mug Ghyslain or break into his locker or house to obtain the tape; they found it in a school cabinet. Was the tape still (legally) Ghyslain's private property at that point, when it had been left unattended?

If it was, it's a slam-dunk for the plaintiff. If not, things get a lot more complicated.




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Originally posted by wordlife

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Originally posted by vsp

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Rule one of maintaining privacy: if you want something to remain private, DON'T VIDEOTAPE IT, even if it's just for personal viewing. If Ghyslain thinks that his newfound fame is awful, he should call up Libby Hoeler and see how she's doing these days. (If you don't know who Libby is, try Google, and ask yer mum if you're under 18 before you watch her videos.)


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Who is Libby Hoeler?

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Okay, some people can't handle Google searches. Here's a brief summary:

* Libby and unnamed boyfriend (we'll call him Spud) are high-school sweethearts.
* Libby goes to one college, Spud goes to another.
* Libby misses Spud.
* Libby gets a video camera, records herself performing very steamy acts set to music, and sends the resulting video files to Spud at intervals as "I miss you" presents. (Hey, it beats a Hallmark card.)
* Libby subsequently hooks up with someone else, as separated high-school sweethearts are wont to do.
* Spud finds out and gets angry.
* Spud leaks the video files onto the Internet with Libby's name and dorm address on them.
* Mass hysteria ensues.

Variations of the story: her name has been reported as Elizabeth (Libby) Hoeler, Hoeller and Heller. Spud may have put the files on peer-to-peer personally, may have mailed them to his friends (who put them on p2p), or may have accidentally left them in a Scour-accessible directory from which others retrieved them.

Regardless, the videos exist, and until someone at Snopes covers the sordid tale in detail, that's the generally-accepted version. The clips are clearly amateur in nature -- the camera is either a webcam or a handheld camera sitting on a desk, there are no porn-site references or contact information included, and there have been no follow-ups over the years (had it been a for-profit operation, Libby would definitely have cashed in on her Internet notoriety).

The moral of the story is twofold:
* Don't videotape yourself if you don't care if the entire world ends up seeing it.
* Where the hell were girls like Libby when _I_ was in high school? All I ever got from a faraway girlfriend was a series of letters.

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