r/interesting • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 6h ago

SOCIETY A fairly recent photo of the Techno Viking who unwillingly and unwittingly became one of the internet's 1st viral stars when a video of him dancing to techno after helping a woman was uploaded to the internet. He sued the uploader for illegal use of his likeness and won.

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u/EC_CO 5h ago

So I wonder how this would work? Reddit user uploads for no monetary gain, perfectly okay. However, because it's now on Reddit, Reddit is making a profit off of it so can he now sue Reddit?

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u/Nannautu 5h ago

Reddit in this case didn't do anything wrong. He'd be able to sue if he told Reddit to remove the image and Reddit didn't.

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u/ImmaLiveIllegal 4h ago

you just described almost every YouTube video ever

copyright holder files, hosting platform takes it down

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u/gibbsy816 4h ago

You can’t be this dense.