[M]Every visible[/M] and audible [M]detail of hundreds of trips in his Chevrolet pickup[/M] — passengers’ faces, conversations and drop-off locations — [M]were streamed on the website Twitch[/M].
ST. LOUIS — An Uber and Lyft driver has been suspended from both ride-hailing apps after he was found recording hundreds of passengers, many of whom had no knowledge that their conversations were being recorded.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch first reported the story. It reported that Jason Gargac had thousands of followers on a streaming service. Those subscribers would watch his Uber and Lyft passengers in real time. According to the article, Gargac was making close to $3,500 from subscriptions and donations to the site.
St. Louis University Law Professor Yvette Joy Liebesman said she believes the biggest issue in this case is the right of publicity, especially if there is a celebrity in the car. Liebesman described Right of Publicity as "I am the only one who has the ability to exploit my image and my persona and my name even, and I can stop others from doing that.”
“He said, ‘Well, I want people doing stuff, it’s too boring, I want people following me,’” said Liebesman. “He wanted celebrities.