Louis Tompros's guest appearances

Louis Tompros

Ipse Dixit

John Newman

Tim Schneider

Eric Goldman

Carrie Goldberg

Lawrence Lessig

Nicholas Bagley

Heidi Matthews

Leigh Goodmark

Todd Zywicki

Simon Tam

Greg Shill

Adam Winkler

Patrick O'Donnell

David Ley

Ben Carter

OwlTail

Giorgio Angelini

Matt Furie

Arthur Jones

In this episode, Giorgio Angelini and Arthur Jones, the filmmakers of the documentary "Feels Good Man," which won the Sundance 2020 Special Jury Prize, and Louis Tompros of WilmerHale, discuss artist Matt Furie, his character Pepe the Frog, Pepe's memeification and appropriation by the alt-right, and Furie's legal battle to save Pepe. They describe Furie's creation of the Pepe character, how Pepe became an internet meme, and why Pepe became a symbol of hate speech. They describe how Furie used copyright law to prevent the commercialization of Pepe by alt-right pundits, focusing on the legal strategy and how they explained their theory of the case to the court. Angelini is on Twitter at @giorgieangelini and Tompros is on Twitter at @LouisTompros.This episode was hosted by Brian L. Frye, Spears-Gilbert Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law. Frye is on Twitter at @brianlfrye. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3136872/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Giorgio Angelini</a> and <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9335192/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Arthur Jones</a>, the filmmakers of the documentary "Feels Good Man," which won the Sundance 2020 Special Jury Prize, and <a href="https://www.wilmerhale.com/en/people/louis-tompros" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Louis Tompros</a> of WilmerHale, discuss artist Matt Furie, his character Pepe the Frog, Pepe's memeification and appropriation by the alt-right, and Furie's legal battle to save Pepe. They describe Furie's creation of the Pepe character, how Pepe became an internet meme, and why Pepe became a symbol of hate speech. They describe how Furie used copyright law to prevent the commercialization of Pepe by alt-right pundits, focusing on the legal strategy and how they explained their theory of the case to the court. Angelini is on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/giorgieangelini" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@giorgieangelini</a> and Tompros is on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/LouisTompros" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@LouisTompros</a>.This episode was hosted by <a href="http://law.uky.edu/directory/brian-l-frye" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Brian L. Frye</a>, Spears-Gilbert Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law. Frye is on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/brianlfrye" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@brianlfrye</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Giorgio Angelini, Arthur Jones & Louis Tompros on Matt Furie & Pepe the Frog