DRESDEN. The Dresden Higher Regional Court has ruled in favor of the beekeeper in the legal dispute between beekeeper Rico Heinzig and ZDF presenter Jan Böhmermann. The court thus follows the earlier ruling of the Dresden Regional Court, which ruled that a satirical advertising campaign by Heinzig featuring the ZDF agitator was legal. Böhmermann first filed a lawsuit against Heinzig’s action about nine months ago.
The background is a contribution from Böhmermann from November last year, in which he sharply criticized Heinzig’s beekeeping and accused the company of a lack of sustainability and a lack of species protection. Heinzig then had four posters printed and set up a stand with 150 jars of honey in an Edeka store in Dresden. On the posters, he depicted the self-proclaimed satirist and advertised his product as “Böhmermann honey.” In addition, each glass featured a QR code with a YouTube video link that clearly contradicted Böhmermann’s statements.
Heinzig makes serious accusations against Böhmermann
The ZDF man saw that his personal rights were being violated and filed a complaint. After the regional court ruled in favor of the beekeeper Heinzig in January, Böhmermann appealed. Now also followed the higher regional court the assessment of the first judgment.
Heinzig sees this as confirmation. “My personal rights were violated, video material about my company was shown without permission and the entire beekeeping industry was ripped off – because of the TV quota on license-financed television,” he told MDR Sachsen. (st)