Current problems of protecting the right of an individual to their own image

On the basis of the analysis of legal regulation, taking into account the recent changes in the Civil Code of the Russian Federation as well the developed judicial practice, the author gives specific recommendations on improving the acting legislation on protecting the right of an individual to their own image. In particular, it is suggested to expand the list of material media on which an individual can be represented. Since the disputes on using dead person's image often arise in practice, the author makes conclusion about the necessity of more detailed legislative regulation in such cases. The author also makes conclusion on expediency of legislative consolidation of circumstances considered by courts when determining the amount of monetary compensation for moral harm in order to prevent the cases of its unreasonable over- or understating.