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FrisbeeDude 09/18/17 8:02:30 PM #1: |
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8x8gaa/pepe-the-frogs-creator-lawsuits-dmca-matt-furie-alt-right?utm_source=vicetwitterus
Pepe the Frog creator Matt Furie has made good on his threat to "aggressively enforce his intellectual property." The artist's lawyers have taken legal action against the alt-right. They have served cease and desist orders to several alt-right personalities and websites including Richard Spencer, Mike Cernovich, and the r/the_Donald subreddit. In addition, they have issued Digital Millennium Copyright Act takedown requests to Reddit and Amazon, notifying them that use of Pepe by the alt-right on their platforms is copyright infringement. The message is to the alt-right is clear—stop using Pepe the Frog or prepare for legal consequences. Furie originally created Pepe as a non-political character for his Boy's Club comic, but Pepe later became an internet meme and during the 2016 US presidential election the alt-right movement appropriated the frog in various grotesque and hateful memes. At the end of August, Furie's lawyers reached a settlement with Eric Hauser—the former assistant principal in Texas who appropriated Pepe's image for use in an Islamophobic children's book. Furie's lawyers forced Hauser to stop selling the book and made him donate his profits to the Council on American-Islamic Relations. When Hauser agreed to settle out of court, I spoke with Furie's lawyers who told me they would use the Hauser settlement as a springboard to go after anyone else who profited from or misused Pepe. It appears they've made good on that promise. Good for him. I wouldn't want my creative work adopted by nazis and racists either. --- No one gets in the way of my frisbee games! NO ONE! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Turbam 09/18/17 8:03:13 PM #2: |
Lmao
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hortanz 09/18/17 8:04:27 PM #3: |
I wonder what it feels like to see your brainchild grow up into a degenerate nazi
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BlackHorse6969 09/18/17 8:05:09 PM #4: |
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0AbsoluteZero0 09/18/17 8:05:46 PM #5: |
Can't wait to see the usual suspects find some way to cry about this
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RebelElite791 09/18/17 8:07:18 PM #6: |
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UnholyMudcrab 09/18/17 8:08:56 PM #7: |
I'm no copyright lawyer, but I don't really see how this could fly.
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Axiom 09/18/17 8:10:10 PM #8: |
UnholyMudcrab posted...
I'm no copyright lawyer, but I don't really see how this could fly. Yeah I imagine this will only work on people like Spencer if it does at all. The racist memes will never stop ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Back_Stabbath 09/18/17 8:11:22 PM #9: |
At the end of August, Furie's lawyers reached a settlement with Eric Hauser—the former assistant principal in Texas who appropriated Pepe's image for use in an Islamophobic children's book. Furie's lawyers forced Hauser to stop selling the book and made him donate his profits to the Council on American-Islamic Relations. this guy is awesome --- please help ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Azarias 09/18/17 8:12:51 PM #10: |
UnholyMudcrab posted...
I'm no copyright lawyer, but I don't really see how this could fly. I'm curious as well, the memes should count as a transformative work, yes? That's still fair use. Though I could see cases being made against those profiting off the work, as shown in the article. --- People are prone to dying. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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UrCa1988 09/18/17 8:14:04 PM #11: |
First the KC Green lampoons conservatives who used his art and now pepe is fighting back, too.
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Villain 09/18/17 8:18:20 PM #12: |
I recall an interview where he didn't care. Was that fake?
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NeonOctopus 09/18/17 8:19:05 PM #13: |
feelsgoodman
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Axiom 09/18/17 8:20:13 PM #14: |
Villain posted...
I recall an interview where he didn't care. Was that fake? Had to be. He did a cartoon where he killed Pepe off because he hated the fact that the alt right appropriated it ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Back_Stabbath 09/18/17 8:20:18 PM #15: |
Villain posted...
I recall an interview where he didn't care. Was that fake? might have felt that way a while ago. a light bulb has gone off in his head recently that said "wait a minute, this f***er is my character. I can make money off of this!". He has a kickstarter going at the moment for a new pepe series that promotes peace. --- please help ... Copied to Clipboard!
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The Admiral 09/18/17 8:20:54 PM #16: |
Yeah, this is mainly about Spencer and that guy who used Pepe in the children's book. Literally nothing you can do to take down message board memes.
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Kitt 09/18/17 8:22:11 PM #17: |
Good for him.
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LepartialJury 09/18/17 8:25:44 PM #18: |
lol that's hilarious
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CelestialVoices 09/18/17 8:28:22 PM #19: |
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Kineth 09/18/17 8:28:38 PM #20: |
Heh.
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Questionmarktarius 09/18/17 8:33:05 PM #21: |
UnholyMudcrab posted...
I'm no copyright lawyer, but I don't really see how this could fly. Get a team of law-ninja to go all "Hurt Locker" about it. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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FrisbeeDude 09/18/17 8:34:51 PM #22: |
Pressuring redditt to start banning alt right users who use it seems like an ideal move.
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Lordsai 09/18/17 8:38:29 PM #24: |
You can't stop meme magic.
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Skye Reynolds 09/18/17 8:40:07 PM #25: |
This is hilarious. But, yeah, I don't blame him. I'd go nuclear if someone made a creation of mine into a fascist symbol.
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Vaati_Reborn 09/18/17 8:44:41 PM #26: |
Return Pepe to the harmless pure meme he once was
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Kineth 09/18/17 9:28:12 PM #27: |
Mr Hangman posted...
UnholyMudcrab posted...I'm no copyright lawyer, but I don't really see how this could fly. Same people are fine with the cops harassing minorities, not that that makes it right, but it makes it ironic as shit. --- If you're not looking for any honest discussion, agreement, meeting halfway or middle ground, don't bother arguing with me. Selfish narcissists need not apply. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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wolverinev2 09/18/17 9:32:54 PM #28: |
But.. He didn't create Pepe The Frog. Nintendo did, for Star Fox, Star Fox 2 and Star Fox 64. So how can he copyright something he didn't create? All he did was turn it's face into a meme.
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Kineth 09/18/17 9:33:59 PM #29: |
wolverinev2 posted...
But.. He didn't create Pepe The Frog. Nintendo did, for Star Fox, Star Fox 2 and Star Fox 64. So how can he copyright something he didn't create? All he did was turn it's face into a meme. Skippy is the Frog in Star Fox... --- If you're not looking for any honest discussion, agreement, meeting halfway or middle ground, don't bother arguing with me. Selfish narcissists need not apply. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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DarthAragorn 09/18/17 9:34:09 PM #30: |
FrisbeeDude posted...
Pressuring redditt to start banning alt right users who use it seems like an ideal move. Lol wut --- A thousand eyes, and one. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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wolverinev2 09/18/17 9:35:27 PM #31: |
Kineth posted...
wolverinev2 posted...But.. He didn't create Pepe The Frog. Nintendo did, for Star Fox, Star Fox 2 and Star Fox 64. So how can he copyright something he didn't create? All he did was turn it's face into a meme. I was wrong, it was Slippy. --- It's far better to be alive than to be dead ... Copied to Clipboard!
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A_Good_Boy 09/18/17 9:50:03 PM #32: |
Kineth posted...
wolverinev2 posted...But.. He didn't create Pepe The Frog. Nintendo did, for Star Fox, Star Fox 2 and Star Fox 64. So how can he copyright something he didn't create? All he did was turn it's face into a meme. These two motherfuckers right here. --- Posted with GameRaven 3.2.2 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Kineth 09/18/17 9:51:20 PM #33: |
<_<
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Kaname_Madoka 09/18/17 9:52:16 PM #34: |
Chico, California enacts a $500 fine on anyone caught detonating nuclear weapons in city limits
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Mal_Fet 09/18/17 9:53:13 PM #35: |
How will this accomplish anything other than inspire the alt right to make more pepe memes
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PostCrisisJ2 09/18/17 10:07:01 PM #36: |
Mal_Fet posted...
How will this accomplish anything other than inspire the alt right to make more pepe memes I don't think the point is to stop racist Pepe memes though, just him basically reclaiming him both in a financial and metaphorical sense, maybe moreso the latter. In either case he's not doing anything wrong. --- spritual powah will never die Don't be shy to drop a PM to me, I'm always open for conversation. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Questionmarktarius 09/18/17 10:07:03 PM #37: |
Mal_Fet posted...
How will this accomplish anything other than inspire the alt right to make more pepe memes If anything, the memebase will move on to "daily dose"... ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Kaname_Madoka 09/18/17 10:09:57 PM #38: |
Questionmarktarius posted...
Mal_Fet posted...How will this accomplish anything other than inspire the alt right to make more pepe memes hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm --- Drawn for me by | Popcorn_Fairy: https://i.imgtc.com/cvSNxRT.jpg | Volkswagen_Bros: http://i.imgur.com/86XOVXb.jpg | ShinobiNinjaX: https://imgur.com/bPb5vEV ... Copied to Clipboard!
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TheoryzC 09/18/17 10:12:20 PM #39: |
Vaati_Reborn posted...
Return Pepe to the harmless pure meme he once was #MakePepeGreatAgain --- This is where my sigs suppose to be. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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WesternMedia 09/21/17 1:12:14 AM #40: |
Karma is a bitch
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C_Pain 09/21/17 1:14:27 AM #41: |
This makes me a rage. Pepe isn't his. We are all Pepe's children.
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MangaFan462 09/21/17 2:44:27 AM #42: |
What a snowflake
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kingdrake2 09/21/17 3:04:30 AM #43: |
TheoryzC posted...
Vaati_Reborn posted...Return Pepe to the harmless pure meme he once was it's ftw pepe will make his return again. --- His hair cracks me up, It's like if vaudeville and feudal Japan did the fusion dance on his head - Yaridovich ... Copied to Clipboard!
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