You wouldn't steal a font

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• DemBoSain@midwest.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  I’ve stolen so many fonts…

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• jqubed@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Fun fact: the shapes of the letters in a font can’t be copyrighted, but the file that defines a font can. The name could be trademarked, though, so even if you redrew a font you might have to give it a different name. If it’s not trademarked, though, that’s how you end up with several companies having their own version of the same font.

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  • CosmoNova@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Is that the same for all countries though or are you talking about a specific place where that‘s the case? I don‘t know much about the subject but this reads like one of those US specific fun facts that the rest of us can‘t really make use of.

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    • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      In the thread it looks like in the US you can’t copyright the shapes, but in the UK, you can for 25 years. Also the .ttf file that contains the code to make the font render correctly at low DPI is copyrightable in the US.

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• apex32@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  I’ve never seen a .gay website before.

  Check out the registry: ohhey.gay

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• Pirata@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Always the same gadlighters trick: acuse others of doing what you are doing.

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• tal@lemmy.today ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  8h ago @Rib this may be apocryphal, but I remember hearing the backing track for it was also used without paying the creator royalties Nischay@thatloststudent@infosec.exchange

  2h ago @bootblackcub@woof.group @Rib It’s not apocryphal, it actually happened: torrentfreak.com/rights-group-fined-for-not-payin…

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• SnortsGarlicPowder@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Going to find out the original script was used illegally in 2 years.

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• tal@lemmy.today ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Wouldn't_Steal_a_Car

  And the video:

  www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmZm8vNHBSU

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• rottingleaf@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Typical.

  Especially when that ad was released, nobody considered piracy a crime seriously then.

  Those making the ad could probably be thinking like: something business-made, with workhours put into it, shouldn’t be pirated, that’s theft, but something made by enthusiasts can, it’s taking what doesn’t have an owner, just toys in the Internet, and also GPL is dishonest for having rules, it’s cheating and poison, it’s ownerless too, only companies doing business should be able to sue for IP violations.

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• PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Font name GitHub. Bam.

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• JunglGeorg@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Wow… 🤯😂😂😂

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