Want to be a Porn Star?

.. no? well who said you got a choice?

"A 17-year-old college student is taking legal action against a pornographic film company after it "stole" a photograph of her and used it on the front cover of one of its productions."

One wonders what her threatened cause of action is. Data processing without consent? Breach of confidence? Or breach of publicity rights in the US where the porn company is based (now THAT would be a fun choice of law case under Rome II if action raised in the UK..)?

Ah if only these cases didn't always settle ! :-)

The porn film company optimistically opine that they were "entitled to use the picture because Lara had put it in the ''public domain'' ". Would be nice to see that one laid to rest in UK case law.

(Thanks to Steve Green for the tip.)