DMZ America with Ted Rall & Scott Stantis
Left-wing political cartoonist Ted Rall and right-wing political cartoonist Scott Stantis cut the BS out of today's news, politics and pop culture.
DMZ America with Ted Rall & Scott Stantis
Episode 251| August 2, 2026: Cartoonists vs. Big Meme
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Ted Rall and Scott Stantis discuss Filipino cartoonist Elmer Saflor’s (“Super Elmer”) lawsuit against Memes Apps LLC for AI-generated commercial use of his 2017 “Running Away Balloon” meme without permission. They explore copyright challenges for cartoonists, fair use debates, AI scraping (Anthropic settlement), anti-SLAPP laws, historical editor interference, AI’s failure to replicate cartoon styles, creator powerlessness, syndication economics, Napster parallels, and the broader struggle to protect intellectual property in the digital age.
How this was made
The DMZ America Podcast is recorded weekly by political cartoonists Ted Rall and Scott Stantis.
Twitter/X: @scottstantis and @tedrall
Web: Rall.com