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Supreme Court weighs 1980s video rental law against newsletters

Original: Supreme Court case pits 1980s video rental law versus modern newsletters

The US Supreme Court is hearing a case that tests whether a 1980s video rental privacy law can be applied to modern digital newsletters and email subscriptions. The dispute centres on the Video Privacy Protection Act, written to stop video rental records being disclosed, and whether sharing newsletter reading data counts as a violation. The outcome could reshape privacy liability for online publishers.

Why now: The ruling could establish how decades-old privacy statutes apply to today's digital media practices.

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• Supreme Court case pits 1980s video rental law versus modern newsletters · NewsNation
• Supreme Court case pits 1980s video rental law versus modern newsletters · The Hill

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