The muscled figure of Technoviking is a significant part of the twenty-first C account of the Internet , you have seen him in all probability a thousand times , and you may enquire why only his blackened shape can be seen in the animate gif above . Here is why .
The unknown German who was filmed in Berlin at the 2000 Fuckparade became an Internet sensation in 2006 and is stillone of the best known memesof our age spawning newer and new fan made viral images and videos and pieces of art and ware products . And because he is a deliberate but merciless viking , after 12 years he successfully sued Matthias Fritsch , the cameraman who read his iconic actions , motion and dancing relocation .
After thelost trial , Fritsch , who previously take in about $ 11,000 from trillion of You Tube views and sell T - Shirts but faced a punishment of up to $ 285,000 commence a crowdfunding campaign in rules of order to make a motion picture about this extremely interesting case of Internet , refinement , right and Torah .
Now , finally here is thedocumentary(a brusk 50 moment version , censor for reasons ) of the struggle for personality rights versus copy rights , designate all stations of the unintended creation of a god - like societal media phenomenon .
[ Technoviking.tvviaFactmag , h / t toZenebuzi Patron ]
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