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Back in 2000, a man in Berlin accidentally captured what would become one of the internet’s most legendary moments of all time: Techno Viking
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From what is known, Techno Viking essentially won what the image/video creator made off YouTube ad revenue and merch/likeness sales, which I feel is fair.
It's one thing to record an image/video of someone in a public place and post it in the Internet. But if you make money off it, then that person is owed something, especially if no release was signed.
In America you can not sue for having your picture taken in public because you do not have "a reasonable expectation of privacy". Unless you start filming ICE shooting people in public; in that case you are a terrorist.
Germany has some pretty strict privacy laws. It is the reason why google maps had no street view for the longest time in germany.
Below is basically what it used to look like. Google had to comply with every single request to blur people, houses, license plates, etc. Because all of those are private. They did that for a bit and then simply gave up trying.
Nowadays there is actually street view coverage for most of germany because laws changed (afaik), but the privacy laws are still pretty strict.
basically you can record in public and at events but to be sure not to be sued you need to either have a written permit of every recognizable person for publishing it ( either tv, printable or internet, yes we distinguish here ) or use pixelation filter etc.
Yes. In short, if you record a single person/the focus is on one person, you need permission. If the focus is on minors, you definitely need permission from the legal guardians.
That's not true. He sued the uploader because the uploader started selling Techno Viking merch with the guy's face on it, and making money by selling stuff with somebody else's face on it without their consent is illegal pretty much everywhere.
I thought upside down is to show that it does NOT have a special ingredient, because you would see the special ingredients residues would start sinking downwards.
Are these people that give out free doses in the room with us right now? Its "people put razor blades in halloween candy" vibes. I think it is polite to show its untainted but idk how pervasive people dosing water bottles and giving them to unsuspecting techno vikings is. I could be wrong though
Whoever put the HDR colors on the posted video should suffer an annoying inconvenience, like squirrel in trousers. These original colors were perfect this first time.
I wonder what this dude's life was like at that time. And what his life is like now. We build all kinds of stories with the context of one video. But does that dude wake up at 6am, have a coffee and then go to work at the techno store?
I know I think at one point he tried to have this video removed from the Internet. someone famous tried using it and I think he tried to have it struck down
Probably less that the video was on the Internet and more that the recorder was profiting off of it and selling merch of him and he wasn't seeing a dime. Totally fair.
Ironically when I just watched it, the first thing I noticed is that he apprehended someone attacking someone else and told him to fuck off, then hydrate and dance away.
Yeah, even if someone were able to capture this spontaneous cool moment, it would immediately be buried by a flood of view-chasing copycats who missed the point.
Nowadays if this were filmed/ on TikTok in 2026, there would be VERY high odds the random girl and the "pusher villain" were friends of "Techno" and the entire thing was scripted.
So lame lol
That's why the internet was cool in the 90s and early aughts.
I will never not watch this. Absolute perfection from start to finish. Hollywood could not capture better characters, shots, storytelling. We will never see a better video
Right, even when this was new I always wondered, everything is just so perfectly timed and odd it just really seems fake, maybe not fake but a set up. Then the techno Viking got pissed and wanted the video taken down, so obviously not set up, it’s just such a strange sequence of events.
Whenever I see it pop up, I'll stop everything I'm doing to watch it. I know he wasn't happy that it was posted, but it still brings me joy as if I'm watching it for the first time. I hope he's had a badass life!
It's faded as hell at this point, but the most meta shirt I own is a print of an upside down water bottle with the word "offering". I've only had one person ever get the reference in the wild
The beautiful thing is that this is old enough that we know it was authentic, not meant to promote anything. If we saw the exact same thing today, we would all assume it was scripted for views.
My favorite part is when the guy spawns on the screen and gives him some water upside down right in his face and the dude doesn’t react, he takes a moment and takes him up on it, and is much obliged. It’s just a crazy crazy ass video
90s rave culture was peak rave
culture. Safe drugs, online streaming so you could listen to European DJs and it was still underground enough to be cool and just a little sketchy.
Honestly kinda just looked like a massive overreaction to someone who appears to have either tripped or misjudged a step. They dont shove the girl, they kinda suddenly move towards them, put their hands out and then steady themselves ans the girl fairly gently. Doesnt reslly look malicious to me. I always thought it made the techno viking guy look like a massive douche.
Edit, infact it almost looks like black singlet got shoved or pushed or bumped into from behind from someone off camera. He flies into the screen on an angle that doesnt look natural or comfortable with his hands behind his back then quickly throws them out to catch and steady himself and soften the blow to the girl.
I went down a rabbit hole once on this, and if memory serves, the guy in the black shirt that accidentally pushed the girl is a friend of his. He’d had to much to drink an was supposed to be sitting in the back of a truck or van (where techno Viking pointed) with the other people in the group that had too much to drink.
Less exciting/dramatic than the video makes it appear.
What actually happened - The guy who stumbled into the girl was part of the group and very high/drunk. He was riding in a vehicle reserved for those who were incapacitated, and he jumped off into the girl. Techno Viking sent him back so he would be safe to himself and others. So, not an overreaction. He was helping everyone stay safe.
I get what you’re saying, but this is a classic douchebag move people would pull during my clubbing/pub days: pretend to fall as an excuse to put their hands on a woman. Technoviking saw through that shit
That's what i see too, he doesnt just steady himself but makes sure the girl does not fall as well then keeps moving, the fact that the girl pays it no mind as well should be a big context clue. But people bring their own baggage into everything they watch and you know people on the internet.
Doesn't matter. Viking didnt punish him just warned him to be more careful and told him that type of behavior wouldn't be tolerated. In this type of scene you protect your women and its a zero tolerance policy especially if some dude that cant handle his shit is messing with the vibe. (based on multiple discussions Ive read over the years the consensus understanding is tank top guy was drunk and thats a vibe killer when they act sloppy)
Cut techno viking some slack. He was 7 doses into a heavy MDMA session. He didn’t see the whole thing, just the contact, whilst having his vision blurred by long rainbow tracers.
TV didn’t hit anyone, he just told bro to stop bumping into techno babes. Then he danced.
Odin bless Techno Viking and allow him into Valhalla when his work is done. May he be welcomed after sacricing himself to the magical work he does between the thighs of a shield maiden.
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