Infowars will pay the creator of Pepe the Frog $15,000 to settle a lawsuit over the use of the cartoon.
The case dates back to last year, when the artist Matt Furie sued the website for selling a poster that included right-wing figures like Donald ***** and Infowars founder Alex Jones, as well as Pepe, which has been co-opted as a symbol of the alt-right. Furie accused the site of infringing on his copyright, and the case had been expected to go to trial soon.
Both sides said the settlement represented a win. “Infowars had said it planned to ‘free Pepe once and for all,’ but it backed down rather than face trial and lose,” Furie’s pro bono counsel, Louis Tompros, said in a statement….
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