Entertainment & Sports
Jun. 11, 2019
‘Pepe the Frog’ infringement lawsuit settles for $15K
The artist suing political talk radio show host Alex Jones for lifting his "Pepe the Frog" character announced Monday he's agreed to settle.
The artist suing political talk radio show host Alex Jones for lifting his "Pepe the Frog" character announced Monday he's agreed to settle.
Conceived initially as a "peaceful frog dude," according to creator and plaintiff Matt Furie, the character became popular with fringe internet groups associated with the "alt-right" sometime in late 2015.
Among the websites where the Pepe meme began to prof...
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