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July 21, 2009 12:43 PM

You're Busted! Watching Erin Andrew's Naked Video is a Crime

Posted by Edecio Martinez
(AP Photo/Terry Gilliam)
ESPN reporter Erin Andrews, left, with Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel, Jan. 27, 2007.

NEW YORK (CBS) As more people click on or search for the video that shows ESPN reporter Erin Andrews walking naked around a hotel room, many online viewers don’t realize they are actually breaking the law.

"The Early Show" spoke with CBS News Legal Analyst Lisa Bloom, who said downloading or watching the nude Erin Andrews video is illegal.

"Its like buying or selling stolen property," said Bloom. "If you know you are buying something that was stolen... you could be liable criminally and civilly."

Photos: Erin Andrews Naked Peephole Video Scandal

Andrews apparently was recorded on video through a peephole, possibly drilled into her hotel room's wall. That too is a crime.

And while police are not likely to breaking down anyone's door for downloading the Andrews video or streaming it online, people searching for the nude video could receive a nasty surprise. Hackers are creating fake websites purported to contain the Andrews video. But try to download the video and you might download a Trojan horse virus instead.

According to the New York Post, the people behind the video that shows the nude ESPN reporter fixing her hair and putting on her makeup are now reportedly trying to sell it to the highest bidder.

Andrews intends to seek legal actions once the video voyeur have been identified. Andrews could also press charges for humiliation.

“This was something stolen from Erin Andrews,” Bloom said. “...Her Privacy and reputation.”

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by ibsteve2u October 8, 2009 1:59 PM EDT
I find such things boring.

Unless, of course, she GAVE it to me personally...

lolll...When pigs fly, all that.
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by playgtar July 24, 2009 12:20 PM EDT
I haven't seen it. But based on seeing her with clothes on, I'd say it could actually enhance her reputation, and maybe open some more doors for her. I hope she ends up making a killing off of this. I also hope whoever did it to her gets the punishment they are due.
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by Jaxpire July 24, 2009 10:04 AM EDT
I hope Erin Andrews is not linked in supporting any of these sites or so called hackers that are spreading viruses with her video. Since knowingly spreading a computer virus is illegal and could land her jail time and or fees.
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by jonathansj July 24, 2009 9:44 AM EDT
i wish i could see the vid. but i think its wrong to make people star in a movy without a contract. i think she should get a million dollars per frame from the video
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by eatmorchickin July 24, 2009 9:23 AM EDT
Nonsense. The word on the street was that this is her publicity stunt and by God, it's working. Nonetheless, who the hell does naked butt squats while curling their hair? The biggest disappointment here is that she clearly knows that she is super-hot and is a narcissist.
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by mottasa-2009 July 24, 2009 8:40 AM EDT
Oh ohh.....

Memorandum to Chief of Staff:

Have this removed from White House server.

Your clueless leader,
Obama
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by hagar39 July 24, 2009 8:19 AM EDT
Crime? Driving over a posted speed limit is a crime. Ever see anybody driving over the speed limit in your area of the USA? Like on a interstate highway.
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by mcl47 July 24, 2009 6:29 AM EDT
If it's illegal to download and have in your possession then shouldn't the publisher & editor of the New York Post be in jail? I read that not only do they have it but they published some stills from the movie. ESPN has banned all Post reporters as a result.
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by horndogdotcom July 23, 2009 8:18 PM EDT
"Hackers are creating fake websites purported to contain the Andrews video. But try to download the video and you might download a Trojan horse virus instead. "

i find this completely unsubstantiated, and honestly it sounds like nothing more than the media trying to scare regular people into NOT looking for it.
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by sripton July 23, 2009 4:06 PM EDT
It's this simple. The video will obviously enhance her career IF she wasn't involved or knew about it's production. IF she was involved her career is over except for D level reality shows. Since she has spent her entire life flaunting her body and appearing near naked methinks she doth protest too much, but it certainly is demeaning if it were a fellow employee at ESPN without her knowledge . Let's wait and see if she's involved, and if she is not the boost she get as a celeb is well worth this silly grainy unwatchable video. She's shown more skin in real modeling shoots. If she is involved she's toast, and rightly so STAY TUNED anything is possible in CELEB LAnd. Also remember thath the sick money she gets paid for looking good makes this stuff part of the territory. Let's see how she handles it. Years before the Internet make global publication possible this would have been considered a harmeless frat boy prank. it's really not that big a deal
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by taxchurches July 23, 2009 3:11 PM EDT
?This was something stolen from Erin Andrews,? Bloom said. ?...Her Privacy and reputation.?

Privacy, ok, but reputation? I don't see how. Did she previously have a reputation has someone who never took her clothes off, even in private?
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by amulette July 23, 2009 7:37 AM EDT
Most of the people who have seen this probably wouldn't have if it hadn't been plastered on the news.I never even heard of her or this video till now,good old CBS.
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by santos1466 July 23, 2009 4:40 AM EDT
Lock them up for a hundred years, so the next clown wont try it when thy see what kind of penalty thy can get.
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by jojomacian July 23, 2009 4:13 AM EDT
I haven't seen it nor would I waste my time watching this vid, I don't even think this woman looks that good. But she will profit from this, be offered to pose in Playboy and who knows what other profit making offers she'll be offered....just another Ho who will make money with her body and not with her intelligence.
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by eyesC July 23, 2009 12:00 AM EDT
I wish they would say this about all porn. Iv'e already see it, the virus is not true!
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by imnho July 22, 2009 9:59 PM EDT
I have a problem with the fact that he privacy was invaded. Drilling a hole and taping her without her knowledge was wrong,illegal and a violation of her right to privacy. I hope she finds the person who did this and makes that person very poverty stricken via the legal process.
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by bdbeans July 22, 2009 9:54 PM EDT
I saw the video. Big deal. So she's walking around naked? Like no ones ever saw that before. As an artist, I can empathize with her anger at losing control of her image, but she does work in the entertainment industry. This kind of stuff is par for the course. She'll get a nice juicy book deal, to be sure. Plus, people, like me, who'd have walked past her on the street, not knowing who she is, might actually tune-in now, to see her with her clothes on.

By the way, hoooo-hooo! That girl's body is slammin'! She is the truth, baby!

Like I said, I didn't know who she was before, but that was before.

Hello! I know who she is now.

And all those politically correct male sportscasters need to get off it, and stop with all the on-air bull. They've been undressing her with their eyes for years, and now they're "so offended," that this could happen to someone that they have "so much respect for?"

Please...

Her popularity's through the roof, she gets a nice ego boost - cause the girl is fine, and from the way she was checking herself out in the mirror, in the video, she obviously knows it.

The only person who doesn't come out on top in this is the clown that tries to profit off making and selling this thing. He'll spend the rest of his days double endorsing every royalty check he ever gets, over to her.

Moron.
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by liptonlight1 July 22, 2009 8:18 PM EDT
These "eye-candy" girls that NBC, ESPN, ABC, and probably CBS use to roam the sidelines are SOOOO unnecessary. They contribute nothing to the enjoyment of the telecast, except an opportunity to watch a pretty girl. People who like to watch pretty girls have a lot of other stages to go to. I think all the talk about trojan horses is BS to try to keep people from watching her. But, I couldn't care less. She's a nobody. It's an interesting theory that she herself staged this stunt. When her contract comes up for renewal, she is now worth a lot more in the employment marketplace....maybe at Faux News Channel. She and Sarah Palin could do a show together.
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