There ’s a draw of reasons why you might have heard about FuckJerry . In plus to being a popularInstagram account , it ’s also come under fire for play a big handwriting in promoting the badly - fated Fyre Festival via owner Elliot Tebele ’s societal media agency Jerry Media . It ’s also infamous for work up its success by stealing put-on from comic , creators , and the internet at large . So it should n’t occur as a surprise that one Divine is prick back by suing the party for steal one of his meme to promote a tequila brand .
Olorunfemi Coker , a ego - described comedian and content Godhead , fileda suitTuesday in the Southern District of New York , against FuckJerry , Jerry Media , and Tebele for steal his meme to promote Jaja Tequila . Below is the tweet Coker alleges FuckJerry stole :
https://twitter.com/embed/status/1088160437017956352
Which suspiciously look a sight like the one FuckJerry post to Instagram sometime “ in or about January 2019 , ” according to the complaint . The filing alleges that Tebele personally had a hand in stealing the meme , as well as profited from it as Jerry Media derive most of its profit from “ curating ” content that it then monetise through advertising .
The filing also break that Coker at no stage throw FuckJerry permit to apply his jest and that his attempts to message the company about the issue went unanswered .
That die hard counter to FuckJerry ’s ‘ revise policy ’ that Tebelepublished on Mediumon February 2 . The post is also linked in the @fuckjerry Instagram visibility as an “ updated contentedness policy . ”
“ I know I ’ve made foe over the year for using content and not giving proper credit and attribution to its creator , ” write Tebele . “ effectual straightaway , we will no longer post content when we can not identify the creator , and will require the original Almighty ’s advanced consent before publish their depicted object to our follower . It is clear that attribution is no longer sufficient , so license will become the new insurance policy . ”
representative for FuckJerry did not immediately respond to a postulation for comment institutionalise by Gizmodo but a spokesperson for the agency characterized the suit toBuzzfeed Newsas “ frivolous ” and tell they “ intend to defend it vigorously . ”
It appears the post in question has since been blue-pencil from the @fuckjerry account . The covering letter of the lawsuit bespeak that Coker is demand $ 150,000 in damages .
Technically , Tebele ’s program line came after the meme was allegedly stolen from Coker . But given the fact that the company ’s ego - admit history of steal caper has spawned the#fuckfuckjerrymovement , that argumentation is probably not sound to win much sympathy from the rest of the net .
[ SDNYviaThe Fashion Law ]
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