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In this Sept. 19, 2014 file photo, Vince Neil and girlfriend Rain Andreani arrive at the iHeart Radio Music Festival, at The MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.(AP)

Rock 'n' roller Vince Neil is taking a fight over his Internet persona to state court in Las Vegas, with a lawsuit accusing a social media consultant of refusing to give him control of his Facebook and LinkedIn accounts.

The consultant, Kristy Sinsara of Bend, Oregon, said Thursday that she believes the lawsuit stems from a misunderstanding.

Sinsara said that in February she gave the Motley Crue lead singer's manager the Facebook passwords and email contact information sought by the civil complaint.

"I don't want to be saying bad things about my client," Sinsara told The Associated Press. "I love and respect Vince. I have evidence that I sent them to his personal manager."

Neil's attorney, James Kohl, declined to comment beyond the civil lawsuit filed March 13 in Clark County District Court.

"Even though Sinsara agreed to relinquish control over the accounts on Dec. 26, 2014, and again on March 1, 2015, she has and continues to maintain control," the complaint said.

It accuses Sinsara of making unauthorized posts that Neil's fans believe to be from him.

Sinsara's lawyer, Isaac Warren of Choctaw, Oklahoma, said he hadn't seen the complaint but also believed it was caused by a misunderstanding.

The lawsuit alleges breach of contract and unjust enrichment. It seeks unspecified damages greater than $20,000, and it asks for an injunction to force Sinsara to turn over access and administrative control of the accounts to Neil.

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They were speaking yesterday at a forum organised by the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) regarding the direction of regulations governing hegemony in the radio and TV broadcasting industry.

Patanaporn Kowpatanakit, deputy director of the Law and Development Research Centre at Chulalongkorn University, said management of the media industry was unique as unlike ordinary businesses, it involved the public interest.

"Considering only the ownership in this digital terrestrial TV broadcasting business is not sufficient to identify who dominates the market. The real power controller in the company is the most important point," she said.

Speaking as a former member of a committee examining the qualifications of bidders for digital TV bidders in late 2013, Patanaporn suggested that both direct and indirect controlling powers of stakeholders was very important to identify a real group of mutual beneficiaries.

Referring to Article 31 of the Constitution, Piyabutr Bunaramrueang, lecturer at the faculty of law at the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, said media diversity was meant to ensure the Thai people's basic right to know and freedom of expression.

Piyabutr also suggested that all digital-TV licence holders should strictly comply with the existing broadcasting regulations to maintain diversity in the media business.

Thawatchai Jittrapanun, a commissioner of the NBTC, said that the rules governing the 2013 auction of digital TV licences were based on a constitutional provision in effect at the time to protect consumers from media hegemony.

The NBTC's broadcasting committee is due to make a decision on the controversial case about the acquisition of an equity stake in Nation Multimedia Group by Solution Corner (1998) or SLC, which is being contested over alleged violation of the anti-hegemony rule imposed on that auction. The five members of the broadcasting committee will meet on Monday.

The academics and consumer groups at the forum expressed concerns about media hegemony. NMG operates Nation TV, a digital TV news channel, while a subsidiary of SLC also owns a digital channel called Springnews TV.

Two of the five members of the broadcasting committee have said they believed the rules governing the auction should not be enforced after bidding ended, but two other members believed otherwise. The fifth member remained undecided on the matter.

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Rock n roller Vince Neil is taking a fight over his Internet persona to state court in Las Vegas, with a lawsuit accusing a social media consultant of refusing to give him control of his Facebook and LinkedIn accounts.

The consultant, Kristy Sinsara of Bend, Oregon, said Thursday that she believes the lawsuit stems from a misunderstanding.

Sinsara said that in February she gave the Motley Crue lead singers manager the Facebook passwords and email contact information sought by the civil complaint.

I dont want to be saying bad things about my client, Sinsara told The Associated Press. I love and respect Vince. I have evidence that I sent them to his personal manager.

Neils attorney, James Kohl, declined to comment beyond the civil lawsuit filed March 13 in Clark County District Court.

Even though Sinsara agreed to relinquish control over the accounts on Dec. 26, 2014, and again on March 1, 2015, she has and continues to maintain control, the complaint said.

It accuses Sinsara of making unauthorized posts that Neils fans believe to be from him.

Sinsaras lawyer, Isaac Warren of Choctaw, Oklahoma, said he hadnt seen the complaint but also believed it was caused by a misunderstanding.

The lawsuit alleges breach of contract and unjust enrichment. It seeks unspecified damages greater than $20,000, and it asks for an injunction to force Sinsara to turn over access and administrative control of the accounts to Neil.

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Vince Neil suing for control of social media accounts

In this Sept. 19, 2014 file photo, Vince Neil and girlfriend Rain Andreani arrive at the iHeart Radio Music Festival, at The MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.(AP)

Rock 'n' roller Vince Neil is taking a fight over his Internet persona to state court in Las Vegas, with a lawsuit accusing a social media consultant of refusing to give him control of his Facebook and LinkedIn accounts.

The consultant, Kristy Sinsara of Bend, Oregon, said Thursday that she believes the lawsuit stems from a misunderstanding.

Sinsara said that in February she gave the Motley Crue lead singer's manager the Facebook passwords and email contact information sought by the civil complaint.

"I don't want to be saying bad things about my client," Sinsara told The Associated Press. "I love and respect Vince. I have evidence that I sent them to his personal manager."

Neil's attorney, James Kohl, declined to comment beyond the civil lawsuit filed March 13 in Clark County District Court.

"Even though Sinsara agreed to relinquish control over the accounts on Dec. 26, 2014, and again on March 1, 2015, she has and continues to maintain control," the complaint said.

It accuses Sinsara of making unauthorized posts that Neil's fans believe to be from him.

Sinsara's lawyer, Isaac Warren of Choctaw, Oklahoma, said he hadn't seen the complaint but also believed it was caused by a misunderstanding.

The lawsuit alleges breach of contract and unjust enrichment. It seeks unspecified damages greater than $20,000, and it asks for an injunction to force Sinsara to turn over access and administrative control of the accounts to Neil.

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Vince Neil, lead singer of the rock band Mtley Cre, has gone to court to force an Oregon woman to relinquish control of his social media accounts.

In a lawsuit filed Friday in Clark County District Court, Neil claims Kristy Sinsara is making unauthorized posts that the public and his fans believe are being made by him.

Sinsara maintains control over the accounts because she is using them to trade on Neils fame and celebrity as a means of promoting Sinsara and her works, the complaint alleges.

In a telephone interview Wednesday evening, Sinsara denied the allegations and said she suspects the lawsuit stems from her dispute with Neils girlfriend, Rain Hannah.

This is not a Vince thing, Sinsara said. This is a Rain Hannah thing.

Sinsara said she gave Neil the password for his Twitter account when he asked for it, but he never asked for the password to his Facebook account.

The only social media account he really uses is Twitter, Sinsara said. The account has more than 330,000 followers.

Sinsara said she gave the Facebook password to Slaughter bassist Dana Strum, Neils tour manager, but refused to give it to Hannah out of concern for Neil.

She said Neil never paid her to manage his social media accounts. Instead, she said, he agreed to help promote her as a social media strategist.

He held up his end of the agreement, Sinsara said.

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In Vegas lawsuit, Mtley Cres Vince Neil demands his Facebook account back