{"id":30320,"date":"2026-01-08T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kpw.law\/?p=30320"},"modified":"2026-04-03T13:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:55:09","slug":"partially-pixelated-photos-are-portraits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kpw.law\/en\/partially-pixelated-photos-are-portraits\/","title":{"rendered":"Partially pixelated photos are portraits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull v4-pattern-hero v4-pattern-hero--post is-style-background-blend is-style-arrow has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light v4-pattern-hero__cover\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);min-height:75vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img data-dominant-color=\"ab61c7\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-30499 size-large not-transparent\" alt=\"Teilverpixelte Fotos sind Bildnisse, Pers\u00f6nlichkeitsrecht, Rechtsanwalt, Opferschutz\" src=\"https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Teilverpixelte-Fotos-sind-Bildnisse-1024x576.jpg\" style=\"--dominant-color: #ab61c7; object-position:50% 5%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"50% 5%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Teilverpixelte-Fotos-sind-Bildnisse-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Teilverpixelte-Fotos-sind-Bildnisse-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Teilverpixelte-Fotos-sind-Bildnisse-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Teilverpixelte-Fotos-sind-Bildnisse-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Teilverpixelte-Fotos-sind-Bildnisse-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-base-background-color has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:5em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1d4b5d69 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-19e250f3 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\r\n<h1 id=\"multirow-headline-block_a180a7253233a42fefe1d9312736cc5b\" class=\"wp-block-visual4-multirow-headline\">\r\n    <div class=\"wp-block-visual4-multirow-headline\">\n\n<p class=\"has-gigantic-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0%;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:1000;line-height:1;text-transform:uppercase\">Partially pixelated  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-huge-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:15%;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:1000;line-height:1;text-transform:uppercase\">Photos are<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color has-gigantic-font-size wp-elements-a6c1006962d39eebae10b9a8234577ca\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0%;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:1000;line-height:1;text-transform:uppercase\"><span class=\"v4-marker-highlight-background\">Portraits<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div> \r\n<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-small-font-size is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-76c96157 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:italic;font-weight:300;text-transform:uppercase\"><div style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:300;text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2026-01-08T09:00:00+02:00\">8. January 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<p>from<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:600;\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\">Helene Klassen-Rock<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c93ec0be wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><strong>Hammer torture on photo: Berlin Regional Court strengthens victims&#8217; rights online and prohibits partially pixelated photos.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bildnisschutz\">Image protection  <\/h2>\n\n<p>Image protection under the German Copyright Act (KUG) is a central component of personal rights in the media and internet age. A photo in which a person is recognizable may only be published or distributed with their consent, especially online. A person is already &#8220;recognizable&#8221; if there is a justified reason for third parties to be able to identify them &#8211; it is therefore sufficient if a small group of people can identify them. Exceptions, such as for portraits of contemporary history, only apply if the legitimate interests of the person depicted do not prevail.   <\/p>\n\n<p>The case decided by the Berlin Regional Court concerned the reporting of a brutal hammer torture during a criminal trial, in which a media company used still images from a surveillance video of the crime as photos in several online articles. The images showed the victim in an extremely humiliating situation; the images were later partially pixelated, but still published with identifying text details such as origin, role and procedural context.   <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-teilverpixelte-fotos-sind-bildnisse\">Partially pixelated photos are portraits<\/h2>\n\n<p>In its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.juris.de\/static\/infodienst\/autoren\/D_NJRE001627275.htm\">judgment of 02.12.2025 &#8211; 27 O 366\/25 <\/a>, the Berlin Regional Court qualified all photos as portraits within the meaning of Sections 22, 23 KUG despite partial pixelation, because the victim remained recognizable, in particular for parties to the proceedings, his social environment and persons with special knowledge. <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group v4-pattern-general-quote-box has-kpw-purple-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<p>Victims of serious criminal offenses require special protection of their personal rights, which may only be restricted in exceptional cases where there is an overriding public interest in reporting the crime.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The court rejected a justification based on &#8220;contemporary history&#8221;: the reporting interest of the press had to take second place to the particularly important protection of victims.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fazit\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns v4-pattern-text-copy-half-col is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Anyone who publishes a photo of a victim of violence is operating in particularly sensitive legal territory. Even a supposedly &#8220;anonymous&#8221; or pixelated image can be subject to portrait protection if the context allows the person depicted to be identified. According to the court&#8217;s decision, victim protection takes precedence over the public interest.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide v4-pattern-cta-box has-secondary-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-a7c0d175 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-top v4-pattern-cta-box__columns 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