Pepe the Frog's creator goes after the 'alt-right'

[de officiis]

Pepe the Frog's creator goes after the 'alt-right'

Matt Furie, the artist behind the beloved comic frog, has taken legal action against sites and people aligned with the white nationalist movement, serving cease-and-desist orders to Richard Spencer, Mike Cernovich, and the r/the_Donald subreddit, according to a Motherboard report Monday.

Furie's lawyers have also sent Digital Millennium Copyright Act takedown requests to Reddit and Amazon, informing them that use of the cartoon frog's image on their sites constitutes copyright infringement, Motherboard reported.

Amazon said it respects the intellectual property rights of others, adding that it investigates IP rights concerns reported to it and takes appropriate action.

Cernovich called the action "frivolous" and said he had retained a lawyer to defend himself.

"I posted the image as a thumb nail to my article, where I described the 'alt-right' political movement, and disavowed any involvement with it," Cernovich wrote in post on Medium. "This Pepe image is clearly fair use, it's protected under the First Amendment, and any lawsuit threat is frivolous."

A Spencer representative declined to comment, while Reddit didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Furie, who says he lost licensing deals as the brouhaha rose, wants to protect Pepe when he re-debuts. . . .

[TheReal_ND]

Kermit the Frog is public domain. Take a hike Matt and tell your Jewish lawyers to fuck off. They can't have Pepe either.

[C-Mag]

The law firm bringing the suit is the Law Firm of Pro-Counsel Mueller

ProCounnsel Mueller attempts to kill Pepe

[Penner]

Pepe the Frog's creator goes after the 'alt-right'

Matt Furie, the artist behind the beloved comic frog, has taken legal action against sites and people aligned with the white nationalist movement, serving cease-and-desist orders to Richard Spencer, Mike Cernovich, and the r/the_Donald subreddit, according to a Motherboard report Monday.

Furie's lawyers have also sent Digital Millennium Copyright Act takedown requests to Reddit and Amazon, informing them that use of the cartoon frog's image on their sites constitutes copyright infringement, Motherboard reported.

Amazon said it respects the intellectual property rights of others, adding that it investigates IP rights concerns reported to it and takes appropriate action.

Cernovich called the action "frivolous" and said he had retained a lawyer to defend himself.

"I posted the image as a thumb nail to my article, where I described the 'alt-right' political movement, and disavowed any involvement with it," Cernovich wrote in post on Medium. "This Pepe image is clearly fair use, it's protected under the First Amendment, and any lawsuit threat is frivolous."

A Spencer representative declined to comment, while Reddit didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Furie, who says he lost licensing deals as the brouhaha rose, wants to protect Pepe when he re-debuts. . . .

I remember reading either a Vox article and/or Vice article (I honestly can't remember which site that I read it own) but the creator hates what the Alt-Right has done to his character and has officially (in only a way a creator can) killed the character in hopes that it will die out.

[Penner]

I just found the article- it was from Vox back in May:

After a 12-year life span, Pepe the Frog is dead. The troubled cartoon and unwitting face of the alt-right movement was put to death by his creator, comic artist Matt Furie, on Saturday, May 6, 2017. He leaves behind a controversial legacy — as a character once beloved by independent comics fans who unwittingly became caught up in a maelstrom of online hate speech.

https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/5/9/15 ... right-meme

[TheReal_ND]

All things die. All things end. But sometimes the end is just the beginning.

[Montegriffo]

[C-Mag]

I remember reading either a Vox article and/or Vice article (I honestly can't remember which site that I read it own) but the creator hates what the Alt-Right has done to his character and has officially (in only a way a creator can) killed the character in hopes that it will die out.

Meh, I hate was the Mainstream Left has done to my Constitution.

[clubgop]

I remember reading either a Vox article and/or Vice article (I honestly can't remember which site that I read it own) but the creator hates what the Alt-Right has done to his character and has officially (in only a way a creator can) killed the character in hopes that it will die out.

Meh, I hate was the Mainstream Left has done to my Constitution.

That is just Penner, they have to win an election to do the other.

[pineapplemike]

lol, 4chan started adding matt furie copyrights to all of the worst pepe memes