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Pepe the Frog Artist Suing InfoWars for Copyright Infringement
Hollywood Reporter ^
| MARCH 06, 2018
| Eriq Gardner
Posted on 03/06/2018 11:51:09 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
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posted on
03/06/2018 11:54:46 AM PST
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say)
To: nickcarraway
From what I've read, the artist stole it from someone else.
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posted on
03/06/2018 11:56:13 AM PST
by
Trillian
To: Puppage; nickcarraway
Furie needs to be focusing on the Reddit users.
The weird frog image is as common as dirt on Reddit.
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posted on
03/06/2018 11:58:28 AM PST
by
ptsal
( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
To: nickcarraway
Didn’t he attempt to sue “infringers” before?
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posted on
03/06/2018 12:01:19 PM PST
by
stars & stripes forever
(Blessed is the nation whose GOD is the LORD. Psalm 33:12)
To: Puppage
To: nickcarraway
Uh, this is a joke. Everyone on the internet uses Pepe. Trying to take this back from the “alt-right”?
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posted on
03/06/2018 12:10:26 PM PST
by
KC_Conspirator
(Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri: [turning to Christopher] You're not gonna believe this. He killed sixtee)
To: nickcarraway
Should be dismissed with prejudice - the image was used in the public domain as a meme MILLIONS of times before it was co-opted for Trump memes.
Furie enjoyed the meme use before because it furthered his popularity and never tried to sue or shut down the illicit use before so its become, defacto, a public domain item.
Copyright law here is clear - once the cat is out of the bag theres no putting it back in.
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posted on
03/06/2018 12:11:00 PM PST
by
Skywise
To: nickcarraway
If Pepe is outlawed only outlaws will Pepe.
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posted on
03/06/2018 12:11:58 PM PST
by
proust
("The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.")
To: proust
Show me where the bad person drew your Pepe
To: stars & stripes forever
I think you can change an image 3 ways and it’s OK to use (I may stand corrected).
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posted on
03/06/2018 12:37:19 PM PST
by
RushIsMyTeddyBear
(Screw The NFL!!!!!! My family fought for the flag!)
To: rickomatic
>Show me where the bad person drew your Pepe
I don’t care who you are, that’s some funny right there
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posted on
03/06/2018 12:46:33 PM PST
by
i_robot73
(One could not count the number of *solutions*, if only govt followed\enforced the Constitution.)
To: nickcarraway
This guy, suing for infringement...
To: Trillian
Kenneth Grahame was the first with Pepe. From The Wind in the Willows 1908
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posted on
03/06/2018 1:48:19 PM PST
by
Steve Van Doorn
(*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
To: Steve Van Doorn
Kenneth Grahame called him in 1908 Mr Frog
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posted on
03/06/2018 1:50:27 PM PST
by
Steve Van Doorn
(*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
To: Steve Van Doorn
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posted on
03/06/2018 1:52:15 PM PST
by
Steve Van Doorn
(*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
To: Steve Van Doorn
A green anthropomorphic frog with a humanoid body, Pepe originated in a comic by Matt Furie called Boy's Club.[2]
By 2015, it had become one of the most popular memes used on 4chan and Tumblr.[3]
Yeah; I'd wanna protect this art; too!
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posted on
03/06/2018 7:05:49 PM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Skywise
Furie enjoyed the meme use before because it furthered his popularity and never tried to sue or shut down the illicit use before so it’s become, defacto, a public domain item. Copyright law here is clear - once the cat is out of the bag there’s no putting it back in.
What you are actually talking about in this case is clearly trademark, and that's a completely different kettle of fish, which is the only thing that makes your statement even somewhat true. With trademark, you most protect it or you can lose it. That's the whole basis of the kleenex thing from so many years ago.
Copyright is completely different. You can't copyright a character such as Pepe. A particular image or representation can certainly be copyrighted, but that's a different thing.
What this fellow seems to be attempting to do is stuff the genie back in the trademark bottle. If there is any justice at all in the world he wouldn't be able to do that because he made no effort to police the mark when all that stuff was going on.
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posted on
03/06/2018 7:07:42 PM PST
by
zeugma
(Power without accountability is fertilizer for tyranny.)
To: zeugma
Mickey Mouse isnt a trademark.
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posted on
03/07/2018 12:01:07 AM PST
by
Skywise
To: Elsie
Hey dude; get over yourself!!
There's no such thing as BAD PR!
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posted on
03/07/2018 4:51:42 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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