In 2008, TV star Usanee “Nok” Wattana, did a photo shoot with magazine shoot and one of the images has now ended up on the front of the book “Thai Hookers 101” reports The Malaysian Chronicle.
Nok did not, directly or indirectly grant permission for the photos to be used anywhere else, let alone on the cover of “Thai Hookers 101 – What You Must Know about Sex and Prostitutes before Coming to Thailand”.
Chapter headings include “The 4 Types of Thai Women, “Thai Bar Girls 101” and “Sex with Massage Girls”.
Nok yesterday filed a criminal complaint with the Royal Thai Police Technology Crime Suppression Division against the American author, identified only as “Seven”.
On filing the complaint, Nok said “I’m not particularly angry about the photo on the cover because this isn’t the first time my photo has been abused for commercial purposes. What makes me furious is the text on the cover and the content, which greatly insult Thai women.”
There has been no response so far from the book’s author.
Thailand defamation law protects the rights of the authors of original literary, musical and artistic works including poetry, movies, songs, novels, computer software and architecture. Concepts, ideas, facts and news are not recognized as copyrightable, although the modes in which these ideas and facts are expressed may be protected by copyright.
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