{"id":"bootleg-memes","name":"Bootleg Memes","summary":"Bootleg Memes are redrawn or heavily abstracted versions of popular meme formats, created as a protest joke against the EU's 2019 Copyright Directive and Article 13. The trend kicked off in June 2018 on Reddit and spread through YouTube and a dedicated /r/bootleg_memes subreddit.","tags":["bootleg memes","article 13 memes","article 13 compliant","eu copyright memes","redrawn memes","minimalist memes","r/bootleg_memes","drakeposting redraw"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":8,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/bootleg-memes/bootleg-memes-article-13-compliant-frog.webp","caption":"The 'Article 13 compliant frog' — a deliberately bootleg redraw of Pepe made in response to EU copyright rules, and a defining example of the bootleg memes trend.","width":1161,"height":653,"nsfw":true},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/bootleg-memes/bootleg-memes-drake-eu-copyright-workaround.webp","caption":"A Drake-format meme summarizing the bootleg-meme workaround: hand-drawn parodies replace copyrighted originals to satisfy Article 13.","width":680,"height":548,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/bootleg-memes/bootleg-memes-article-13-pepe-alternate.webp","caption":"An alternate crop of the 'Article 13 compliant frog' bootleg Pepe, one of the earliest and most-shared images in the trend.","width":680,"height":634,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/bootleg-memes/bootleg-memes-bootleg-roll-safe-copyright.webp","caption":"A bootleg redraw of the Roll Safe 'smart guy' meme, joking that hand-drawn memes sidestep copyright law entirely.","width":680,"height":680,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/bootleg-memes/bootleg-memes-minimalist-eu-copyright-meme.webp","caption":"A minimalist bootleg entry that removes all imagery, poking fun at the EU's overly broad interpretation of what counts as copyright infringement.","width":640,"height":640,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/bootleg-memes/bootleg-memes-bootleg-clone-trooper-simulations.webp","caption":"A bootleg redraw of the Star Wars 'just like the simulations' clone trooper meme, celebrating bypassing the EU's copyright filter.","width":680,"height":499,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/bootleg-memes/bootleg-memes-bootleg-excuse-me-reaction.webp","caption":"A bootleg take on the 'Excuse Me What the Fuck' reaction meme, deliberately painted in a rough, low-effort style.","width":680,"height":488,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/bootleg-memes/bootleg-memes-bootleg-lego-commit-not-alive.webp","caption":"A self-aware bootleg meme, where the artist's LEGO figure snaps back at critics of the deliberately low-quality drawn-meme trend.","width":680,"height":933,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/bootleg-memes/history.md","related":["darth-vader-shards-of-the-past-star-wars-fan-film-controversy","kim-dotcom","09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0","monkey-selfie","meme-run","obama-hope-posters","i-hate-everything","i-want-this-on-a-shirt-bot-bait","amazing-horse","green-screen-edits","3d-printing","carlton-banks-dance"],"popularityRank":3623,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}