In a Berlin courtroom a few days ago, Techno Viking met his maker! The star of one of the most emblematic Internet cultural phenomenons of the past decade is suing the man who surreptitiously filmed him, claiming he stole his image and profited from the results.
Matthias Fritsch could face jail for receiving cheques from YouTube when the video went viral and used it to support his lectures about Web 2.0 culture. As a consequence, all of his original material about Techno Viking will be stripped from the internet + he must pay $498,579.05 dollars (USD) to this original crazy character we all love!
