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02 July 2007

Teen's Self Portrait Used On Porno Cover Without permission, of course.
Awesome photo for a 14 y.o. to take.
posted by small_ruminant 02 July | 23:54
appears to have been debunked. hoax.
we WANT to believe because it's so horrid.
posted by Medium Format 03 July | 04:19
I'm not 100% sure it is a hoax.

1) The first piece of evidence is that her domain has a "registrant name of Greg Hill, living in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, USA"
That's pretty circumstantial, and if you look at the photrographs they do seem to be British in nature.

Saying that, I've not been able to find a site which publicises "Body Magic" using her photo.
posted by seanyboy 03 July | 05:46
Medium Format: Links to where this has been debunked?
posted by brina 03 July | 07:22
There are links found in Flickr comments from original link:
from www.beikey.net
posted by Medium Format 03 July | 08:17
Take a good look at the images posted on Lara’s website and ask yourself if this is the kind of quality and quantity you’d expect from a girl between 14 and 17 years. Whose fantasy life is she living?

Without commenting on the specifics of this particular "case", I'd like to say that I've always hated when someone uses this argument to "prove" something is false.
posted by muddgirl 03 July | 09:37
I'm more outraged that a porn dvd didn't feature the covergirl in the movie. What happened to standards!
posted by Citizen Premier 03 July | 09:45
that beikey article is hopeless
posted by dodgygeezer 03 July | 10:30
Right, that beikey article is hardly a solid debunking of anything. But porn being a red flag industry, I really rather doubt anyone would be foolish enough to use an unlicensed photo on a DVD for sale and other distribution. If someone claimed to be the rights holder and licensed the photo for use, there'd be a paper trail and a lawsuit all ready.

As for it being "too good" for a fourteen year old's self-portrait, that's silly. I've seen twelve year olds using good cameras take really good photos. Shoot 1000 frames, you get some real beauties.
posted by crush-onastick 03 July | 11:37
Well, I think there's good reason to be a bit skeptical, starting with the fact that if she were really 14 and on a porno DVD cover, wouldn't any lawyer jump at the chance for a sizable settlement? Just look at the Girls Gone Wild case for precedent.

Not to mention that, all logic aside, the FBI would love a reason like this to raid a DVD vendor.

How it happened could easily have been a shady el-cheapo photo licensing shop that the DVD company ill-advisedly used, which doesn't absolve them of anything but does point to the risks in putting professional stuff online.
posted by stilicho 03 July | 22:55
Context matters || Phrases you may hear 100 years from now:

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