From telegraph.co.uk
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.

The snap of Lara Coton - taken on a family holiday when she was just 14 - was being used by American adult entertainment firm TVX Films for Body Magic.

Last year Lara e-mailed the picture to an art website, which displays work from photography students across the UK. Her mother, Christine, had taken the photograph inside their hotel room in Blackpool in 2004. She captured her daughter wearing a black top hat and black dress.

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Much to the teenager's disgust, she found the photograph on the front of the American porn film earlier this year after a friend tipped her off. Lara, of Tamworth, Staffs: said: "I was horrified when I found out it was being used to sell a porn film.'' She wants compensation for her image being used without consent.

TVX Films claims it was entitled to use the picture because Lara had put it in the ''public domain'' but has agreed to change the cover.