Portait rights: general

Right to one’s own image. The right to one’s own image is based on the Copyright Act, but has also been recognised and developed through case law. The term ‘portrait’ refers to an image of a person’s face or an image without a visible face in which the person can be recognised, for example, by a characteristic posture.

Monetisable popularity. In principle, individuals with monetisable popularity enjoy protection against the commercial use of their portrait.