Taylor Swift Has Successfully Made Tracking Her Private Jet Impossible.

Regardless of whether you believe Sweeney is the David to Swift’s Goliath in this situation, the legal threat raises some interesting questions: Is Sweeney’s tracking legal? Or does Swift’s team have a point—if not legally, then at least morally?

To answer those questions, Slate spoke with Ryan Calo, a professor of law and information science at the University of Washington, who has previously that, in the cease-and-desist letter sent to Sweeney, Taylor Swift’s lawyers assert that Sweeney’s social media activity has caused Swift “direct and irreparable harm, as well as emotional and physical distress.” Swift’s lawyers also reportedly posit that there is “no legitimate interest in or public need for this information, other than to stalk, harass, and exert dominion and control.” If that’s true, then why is this flight information public to begin with?Regardless of whether you believe Sweeney is the David to Swift’s Goliath in this situation, the legal threat raises some interesting questions: Is Sweeney’s tracking legal? Or does Swift’s team have a point—if not legally, then at least morally? To answer those questions, Slate spoke with Ryan Calo, a professor of law and information science at the University of Washington, who has previouslyin the cease-and-desist letter sent to Sweeney,

Taylor Swift’s lawyers assert that Sweeney’s social media activity has caused Swift “direct and irreparable harm, as well as emotional and physical distress.” Swift’s lawyers also reportedly posit that there is “no legitimate interest in or public need for this information, other than to stalk, harass, and exert dominion and control.” If that’s true, then why is this flight information public to begin with?