He made 121k in less than 3 years, or at least that's what the German police found out. Rumors says GameForge who owns Metin2 rights has its HQ in Germany. But however they made a lawsuit against several Metin2 servers, some been closed, and some still running out as Privates but the fight is continuous. Dont worry, if WeMade/Shanda or whoever has the rights, if wants to come out after privates of Mir2/3 will come, no matter how deep you hide.
I doubt the ones who has rights for mir2/3 now has the fully rights for images and ****. From what i searched in last years on lomcn about this subjects looks like one guy Lapta tried to fake claim rights on LoM domain even if he doesnt had the trade mark, or he had a closed name near to LoM trademark.
Just keep enjoying the safety we may still have.