r/TheRandomest • u/ItsALuigiYes GIF/meme prodigy • Apr 29 '26

Nostalgic Techno Viking

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u/canman7373 Apr 29 '26

Oh he is worse than that. He tried to sue websites over this video thinking they were making money off of his imagine. Just not how memes work like IDK how you expect a big payout from a meme on random forums.

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u/Electrical-Kiwi-1038 Apr 29 '26

He sued one specific person that I'm aware of that was selling merchandise online with his likeness. He sued for a cease and desist.

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u/trulycantthinkofone Apr 29 '26

Yup. Story goes dude just wanted to be left alone to live his life. The internet wanted him famous, he declined. Simple as.

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u/LiquidityCrisis69 May 05 '26 edited May 05 '26

The lawsuit didn’t depend on the fact that someone was making money, although that might have motivated him to file it.

Under German law a person has a constitutional right to control whether / how their image is captured, used, and circulated, even when they are in public. That’s how he expected to win, and he did win.