In a potentially precedent-setting case, U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler said at a hearing Thursday that she will likely side with online streaming service Hulu in a case that claims the company violated the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), Courthouse News Service reports. Referencing the case involving Judge Robert Bork's video rental history following his Supreme Court nomination, Beeler said, “It just doesn’t feel like the Bork transmission of personal information.” Plaintiff counsel Scott Kamber countered by saying, “We believe strongly that if this case does not show knowledge in the situation, that one cannot make a reasonable inference of knowledge from documents presented to the court there can never be a VPPA violation in the realm of the Internet … That may sound bombastic, but I think there is clearly a Judge Bork disclosure here.” Editor’s Note: Privacy Tracker summarized the likely impact of the Hulu case this week.
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