Five stories that have North Texas talking: Former Denton ISD administrator threatened with lawsuit by Pepe the Frog's creator; Trump visited Texas on Tuesday; how to help after Harvey; and more.
To avoid a lawsuit, a Denton ISD administrator, who was removed over his controversial children鈥檚 book, will stop its distribution and donate all profits from sales to the .
Eric Hauser for 鈥淭he Adventures of Pepe and Pede,鈥� which features Pepe the Frog, a cartoon character appropriated by the so-called 鈥渁lt-right鈥� movement. The book was also criticized for being anti-Muslim with a bearded alligator called Alkah as the villain.
Hauser not to know that Pepe the Frog was associated with white supremacists.
鈥淗owever, documents from the book's illustrator, Nina Khalova, show that Hauser was aware the Pepe cartoon already existed,鈥� the reports.
He has since admitted to copyright infringement.
鈥淚n a project description Hauser sent to Khalova in June, the author included an image of Pepe the Frog and wrote, 鈥業 want The Frog to look very similar to this frog. He will wear a blue shirt,鈥欌�� according to the Record-Chronicle.
Pepe the Frog by artist Matt Furie, who threatened to sue Hauser unless he pulled the book, which was picked up by Post Hill Press. He鈥檚 also required to donate all profits to CAIR, the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization.
Hauser originally self-published the book on Aug. 1 on Amazon. He was removed as an administrator earlier this month and resigned last week. [Denton Record-Chronicle]
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- Trump was in Texas Tuesday: . [KUT]
- As Harvey careened through Texas, museums scrambled to protect priceless treasures. . [Art&Seek]
- North Texas didn鈥檛 suffer the devastation of Harvey or its aftermath, but there are during the emergency period. [四虎影院]
- North Texas students with visual impairments 鈥� and to enjoy books 鈥� this summer with the help of a pilot program in Tarrant County. [四虎影院]
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