Pepe the Frog Creator Wins Lawsuit Against InfoWars

[kashiyaek]

Pepe the Frog Creator Wins Copyright Lawsuit Against InfoWars https://t.co/yHJ2hEfzyy pic.twitter.com/8PETfNFsPn
- Comic Book Resources (@CBR) June 12, 2019

• Pepe the Frog creator Matt Furie has won a lawsuit against Infowars and its host Alex Jones.
• Infowars had sold a poster with Pepe the Frog on it and made a profit of about $14,000.
• As part of the

Comments

[trancexperiment]

I loved using Pepe before he was hijacked as the alt right mascot so I’m happy to see his creator fight back against these people

[ferelden]

I’m glad this happened b/c alt right people suck and don’t deserve nice things. Also b/c Pepe memes on twitch are pretty fucking funny and I always loved Pepe emotes but they always made me feel conflicted to use them.

[teenxwolf]

a true 2019 headline

[bdl]

my friend works at the print shop here in austin where they order their anti abortion posters. she says the files the provide don't even make sense. they'll show a diagram of a pregnant woman and the "fetus" will look like a six month old baby.

[queenursula]

There'd have to be a huge shift of people trying to reclaim Pepe.

[kashiyaek]

this sounds so weird to explain LOL but i'm pretty active in esports and everyone (people i know aren't alt-right) uses a lot of "peepo" instead, which is like a cuter version of pepe? i think it can