Chillguy Creator Threatens Legal Action as Crypto Trenches Scour TikTok

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Phillip Banks, the creator of the"Chill Guy" meme, said he's copyrighted the character and plans to issue takedown notices for any for-profit use.

“Chill guy has been copyrighted. like, legally. I'll be issuing takedowns on for-profit related things over the next few days,” Banks said on X. “not like brand accounts using him as a trend, that's kinda something i dont really care about . mainly unauthorized merchandise and shitcoins.” The meme took Crypto Twitter by storm this week as the parody Solana-based CHILLGUY token rocketed more than 1,000% in a single day, notching up a $500 million market capitalization at Wednesday's peak.

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