Eye bar
As eye beams is called a form of censorship bar , one especially in press products customary anonymity in which a person visually represented by insertion of a mostly black bar in front of their eyes is obscured.
It is assumed that identification is more difficult if the area around the eyes cannot be seen in the image.
From the point of view of German law on one's own picture , however, it is true that recognizing the person, which can also result from accompanying circumstances, is not necessarily eliminated by an eye bar. If friends and acquaintances can still recognize the person, they can defend themselves against the publication of their picture, even if the eye bar significantly reduces the likelihood of a legal dispute.
In addition to the eye bars, pixelation using an image processing program has been increasingly widespread since the 2000s. The recognition value of a pixelated face is usually lower because there are no sharply depicted parts of the face left, the details of which can still be used to identify someone close to them.
Web links
- Reference to a judgment of the OLG Karlsruhe
- Reprimands of the German press council
- Austrian decision
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dreier in Schulze / Dreier, UrhG , 2004, p. 1547 § 22 Art Copyright Act, no. 3