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[Stinkles]

Mother of hell, the letter from Juice Nazi's legal team reads like an pompous neckbeard in a fedora wrote it:

https://archive.is/98AyW

This is the same lawyer:

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy...dazza-got-famous-lost-friends-and-went-broke/

 

[ApharmdX]

I have no idea about various lawyerings, but would this work? Can't trademarks lose their power or whatever if they become common usage? Like, oh sure, you did create this thing, but people have been using it all this time and you never tried to stop them until now, so you don't own it anymore.

Some of these uses of Pepe the Frog are likely to fall under fair use. Most memes used privately would be protected as non-commercial parody. Others, though, that are being used commercially as part of say an alt-right site's marketing campaign, are vulnerable.

I hope Furie gets them all but that's not likely to happen. Even getting some of them taking down is a win. Symbolism is important, and Pepe is one of the alt-right's chief symbols of hatred and intolerance.

 

[Takuan]

 

[Snagret]

Yes!! Fuck em up, Matt!

 

[SuperBanana]

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Good for him but unfortunately he probably waited too long for this to work.

Yup..

 

[thebeeks]

Good stuff. I hope all the Boys Club characters are being protected, because I'd really hate for the nazis to go after Andy or Landwolf in some sort of asinine retaliation.

 

[MisterHero]

Could be a great victory for IP on the internet. Good for him!

 

[Regiruler]

 

[Gorger]

Make Pepe Great Again