Pepe the Frog meme creator wins removal of NFT project

The OpenSea NFT marketplace has delisted the Sad Frogs District project for copyright infringement. The takedown request was submitted by Matt Furie, the creator of the Pepe the Frog meme, Decrypt reports.

The project comprises 7,000 randomly generated images of the character based on more than 200 traits. According to NFT Stats, at the time of writing the trading volume had exceeded $4 million.

According to the team, Sad Frogs District “passed OpenSea checks.”

We are so very happy to announce to you all that we are Officially Verified on OpenSeahttps://t.co/OV97VnEksy

Come check us out. And don’t forget to FROG UP!

— Sad Frogs District (@SadFrogsD) August 12, 2021

On August 16, a Twitter user said that OpenSea had removed the NFT project at Fury’s request.

Sad Frogs District @SadFrogsD was delisted from @opensea due to a DMCA by @Matt_Furie

Meanwhile he using Jabba the Hutt to sell his NFTs. pic.twitter.com/Dr4EYmDF2m

— Iced Cooly 🧊 (@IcedCoolyETH) August 16, 2021

OpenSea representatives said they took this step after receiving a takedown request related to copyright infringement.  

«We know this is probably disappointing, and we don’t like doing this, but we must comply with lawful takedown requests», Decrypt quotes the OpenSea notice.

On August 17, the Sad Frogs team said it had sent a counter-notice to the marketplace.

The team has already sent on over the counter DMCA to OpenSea, please be patient with us while we await a response. If you have any questions, please join our discord linked in our bio and we will assist your questions as best we can. #FreeSadFrogs ⚔️ 🐸

— Sad Frogs District (@SadFrogsD) August 16, 2021

Back in June 2021, Fury announced the release of an NFT collection featuring his character. He explained the NFT interest as a way to challenge people’s notions of ownership.

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