When Lara placed a self-portrait taken at age fourteen on deviantART, she never expected it to be stolen by TVX Films and placed on the cover of the DVD porno “Body Magic.” Lara asked the President of TVX Films to remove her photo and compensate her for the theft. He responded with the following email:
I’M SURE BY THE END OF THE MONTH YOUR FACE WILL BE HISTORY. WE HAVE STOPPED SELLING THE DVD UNTIL COVER IS REPLACED. WE HAVE FURTHER CHECKED OUT YOUR NAME AND ITS NOT LIKE IT’S A HOUSE WHOLE NAME. ACTUALLY, REMOVING YOUR IMAGE WILL HELP IMPROVE THE SELL OF THE DVD….. SO FAR IT BOMBED.THEY ARE REMAKING THE COVER AS WE SPEAK SO YOUR TEN SECONDS OF FAME WILL SOON COME TO AN END.
AS FOR COMPSENSATION;YOUR SILLY!
We can’t help but appreciate the juxtaposition of our beloved semicolon and the wrong form of “you’re.” These pornographers, who make their business by slapping new covers on old DVDs, are clearly classy with a “K.”
Lara, now seventeen, needs a lawyer. Oddly, nobody is willing to take her case. Come on Verizon, lend Lara one of your blood-sucking lawyers; they could have this straightened out in an hour. — CAREY GREENBERG-BERGER
(HELP) TVX Films situation (still not resolved) [deviantART]
(Photo: Lara Jade.)
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@wonderskunk:
i’ve been a member of deviantart for a few years, and that “no minors” policy is not something i remember — must be a recent change. i can remember a number of controversies over material that might be seen by minors. and i certainly remember a time when MOST of the members there seemed to be underage. (and if i saw another furry, i was going to stab my eyes out)
frankly, i’ve seen so many things get stolen from deviantart that this doesn’t surprise me in the least. it’s too high profile.
just one more reason to get rid of my account, i guess.
“HOUSE WHOLE NAME”?? This guy is a CEO?
Lara should end up owning this company when it’s all over.
Regular readers will remember a few months back when the Lara Jade scandal erupted. I wasn’t the first one to write about the porn company that used one of her self-portraits (taken when she was 14) to sell re-packaged “classic” porn (and her plea for help on Flickr), but I did write a fairly…