Pepe the Frog v. Infowars

A jury must decide whether the use of the Pepe the Frog cartoon by right-wing conspiracy website Infowars on a 2017 alt-right poster infringed the artist’s copyright or amounted to political free speech, a federal judge <strong><a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/PepeInfowarssj-ORDER.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="ruled (opens in a new tab)">ruled</a></strong> Friday

LOS ANGELES – A jury must decide whether the use of the Pepe the Frog cartoon by right-wing conspiracy website Infowars on a 2017 alt-right poster infringed the artist’s copyright or amounted to political free speech, a federal judge ruled Friday.

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