Matt Furie using DMCAs to retake Pepe

[Zenaan Harkness]

You really ought be more careful - that's a powerful meme you
attached - hell, if (((Furie's))) "shut it down" fury is not enough
to scare you off, try this for size:

  C  N  N

Ooh ... bet you're runnin' now...




On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 01:14:00AM +0000, Pepe wrote:
> Since you fags are discussing copyright.
> Attached is Matt Furies reaction to the situation.
> 
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> Matt Furie created the cartoon character Pepe the Frog in 2005 as a kind
> of peaceful stoner animal for his comic "Boys Club." By 2008, the frog
> had become a meme. In the 2016 election cycle, though, Pepe became
> something completely different—an ever-meme of the alt-right. The
> Anti-Defamation League characterizes Pepe as a hate symbol and has
> catalogued some of the most viciously racist and anti-semitic examples.
> 
> Now Furie wants his comic frog back. After years of letting it slide,
> Furie has lawyered up and sent demand letters to several alt-right
> personalities, including white supremacist Richard Spencer, Mike
> Cernovich, and the subreddit "The_Donald."
> 
> Last month, Furie took legal action against a man in Texas who created
> an Religion of Cuck™ophobic version of Pepe for a children's book. That
> matter reached a settlement. Now, Furie's lawyers have spoken to Vice
> about his determination to reclaim ownership of the image and the demand
> letters they have sent out.
> 
> "[Furie] was very serious when he said that we wanted to make clear that
> Pepe was not the property of the alt-right and couldn't be used by the
> alt-right," Furie lawyer Louis Tompros told Vice. "We've asked them to
> take [the images] down. That hasn't happened yet, but they're very much
> on notice. We plan to take action if they don't."
> 
> The letters demand that the alt-right commentators remove images and
> videos including Pepe, including one recently created by Cernovich in
> which he added Pepe into a video of Hillary Clinton reading a passage
> from her new book.
> 
> "Mr. Furie is entitled to damages for your infringement," the letter
> states. "After we have received confirmation that you have ceased
> infringement, we will contact you to discuss what additional information
> we need from you to calculate the appropriate amount of damages."
> 
> Cernovich has taken down the images, but he has also published a
> blistering response by his lawyer, Marc Randazza, which boasts that
> Furie "won't see a dime from Mr. Cernovich." The letter says that
> Furie's letter "wasn't a serious legal threat" and that the image of
> Pepe qualifies as fair use, because it's "political commentary and satire."
> 
> "Should you choose to file suit against Mr. Cernovich, we will be
> delighted to embarrass the fuck out of you—and set up a malpractice
> claim by your client against you," writes Randazza.
> 
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