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Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:36:00 GMT

What is the name of your state? ILLINOIS
I'm writing a book in which two characters have a conversation. One is a private citizen, one a porn actress. The porn actress learns that, during a one-night-stand date, when she was passed out drunk, the private citizen was photographed by her date and the photographs were posted to the internet without her permission. The porn actress says, "Why didn't you report it if you didn't want the pictures up? I have to log on and report stuff about once a month." The private citizen didn't know this could be done. "Besides, you're, uh, a porn star." "And, duh, my image is for sale. So people who post my image without permission are stealing."
My questions are:
Is there such a site where a private citizen can complain if one's image has been posted without one's permission, in circumstances such as these?
Can someone who sells her own image protect it in this way, the way intellectual property is protected?
If not, I want to put a disclaimer in my book to that effect. It's fiction, but you'd be amazed at what people will believe, even if they read it in a novel.

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    Is there such a site where a private citizen can complain if one's image has been posted without one's permission, in circumstances such as these?

    No.

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    Can someone who sells her own image protect it in this way, the way intellectual property is protected?

    Not from an IP perspective. There may be a rights that arise under privacy law, though. And anyone generally has the right to control the commercial use of their own image.
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