尽管承诺提供 DMCA 未经许可的材料，“Chill Guy”Meme 创建者还是与加密代币达成协议

2024 年 9 月，一幅拟人化动物角色的简单图画开始在社交媒体上疯传。

The creator of the viral ‘Chill Guy’ character has struck a deal with the makers of the $CHILLGUY token, despite previously promising to DMCA any unlicensed for-profit materials.

尽管之前向 DMCA 承诺任何未经许可的营利性材料，但病毒“Chill Guy”角色的创建者仍与 $CHILLGUY 代币的制造商达成协议。

In September 2024, a simple drawing of an anthropomorphic animal character started going viral on social media. The drawing was illustrated by X user ‘PhillipBanksss’ in 2023, who described the character as “a chill guy that lowkey doesn’t give a f*ck.”

2024 年 9 月，一幅拟人化动物角色的简单图画开始在社交媒体上疯传。这幅画是由 X 用户“PhillipBanksss”在 2023 年绘制的，他将这个角色描述为“一个低调的冷酷家伙”。

A year later, Banks’ post took over the internet like wildfire and continues to be one of the top memes months later (that’s like a million years by internet standards).

一年后，班克斯的帖子像野火一样席卷了互联网，并在几个月后仍然是最热门的模因之一（按照互联网标准，这相当于一百万年）。

my new character. his whole deal is he's a chill guy that lowkey doesn't give a fuck pic.twitter.com/aUAb7yFJpJ

我的新角色。他的全部特点是他是一个冷静的人，低调，不在乎 pic.twitter.com/aUAb7yFJpJ

It wasn’t long before netizens started making their own creations with the ‘Chill Guy’ character and selling them online — something that Banks wasn’t happy about, especially after a crypto coin arose in the market called $CHILLGUY.

不久之后，网友们开始用“Chill Guy”角色制作自己的作品并在网上出售——班克斯对此并不满意，尤其是在市场上出现了一种名为 $CHILLGUY 的加密货币之后。

“Just putting it out there, Chill Guy has been copyrighted,” Banks wrote in a post on November 20, 2024. “Like, legally. I’ll be issuing takedowns on for-profit related things over the next few days.”

“只要把它放在那里，Chill Guy 就已经受到版权保护，”班克斯在 2024 年 11 月 20 日的一篇帖子中写道。我将在接下来的几天内对与营利性相关的事情进行删除。”

He went on to explain that he didn’t care if brand accounts used Chill Guy for a trend or meme, but wasn’t a fan of “unauthorized merchandise or sh*tcoins” using his character.

他接着解释说，他并不关心品牌账户是否将 Chill Guy 用作潮流或迷因，但他并不喜欢使用他的角色来“未经授权的商品或垃圾币”。

not like brand accounts using him as a trend, that's kinda something i dont really care about (i do just ask for credit. or xboxes.). mainly unauthorized merchandise and shitcoins

不像品牌帐户将他作为一种趋势，这是我并不真正关心的事情（我只是要求信用。或Xbox。）。主要是未经授权的商品和垃圾币

‘Chill Guy’ creator strikes deal with crypto token

“Chill Guy”创作者与加密代币达成交易

However, mere weeks later, it seems that Banks has changed his tune. In a post published on December 12, the progenitor of the famous meme says that he struck a deal with the minds behind $CHILLGUY.

然而，仅仅几周后，班克斯似乎改变了态度。在 12 月 12 日发布的帖子中，著名表情包的鼻祖表示，他与 $CHILLGUY 背后的思想达成了协议。

“Some members of [the] $CHILLGUY token reached out to me and we had a long discussion,” he explained. “They have been really supportive and nice, and we reached an agreement.

“$CHILLGUY 代币的一些成员联系了我，我们进行了长时间的讨论，”他解释道。 “他们非常支持并且友善，我们达成了协议。

“I’ve decided to provide licensing and IP rights to the $CHILLGUY token and team.”

“我决定向 $CHILLGUY 代币和团队提供许可和知识产权。”

Any other crypto tokens using the Chill Guy character (which 99% of are scams) will still receive DMCA takedowns.

任何其他使用 Chill Guy 角色的加密代币（其中 99% 都是骗局）仍将收到 DMCA 删除。

Banks’ post has received mixed reactions, with some praising the artist for “getting his bag,” while others predict that the $CHILLGUY token will soon be investigated by renowned crypto sleuth Coffeezilla.

Banks 的帖子引起了不同的反应，一些人称赞这位艺术家“拿到了他的包”，而另一些人则预测 $CHILLGUY 代币很快就会受到著名加密货币侦探 Coffeezilla 的调查。

Banks has made sure to cash in on his characters’ viral fame, even creating a licensed ‘Chill Guy’ plushie that fans can take home to the tune of $30.

班克斯一定要利用他的角色的病毒式名气来赚钱，甚至创造了一个获得授权的“Chill Guy”毛绒玩具，粉丝们可以花 30 美元把它带回家。