Would you steal the font for a campaign "You wouldn't steal a car"?

Today Melissa Lewis over on BlueSky pointed out that the font used in the infamous "You wouldn't steal a car" anti-piracy campaign was actually designed by Just van Rossum, whose brother, Guido, created the Python programming language ( bsky.app/profile/melissa.news/… )

She also pointed out that the font had been cloned and released illegally for free under the name "XBAND Rough". Naturally, it would be hilarious if the anti-piracy campaign actually turned out to have used this pirated font, so I went sleuthing and quickly found a PDF from the campaign site with the font embedded ( web.archive.org/web/2005122320… ).

source: fedi.rib.gay/notes/a6xqityngfu…

#piracy #copyright #fail #problem #font #copy #news #campaign

Copying is not theft said #OpenAI 😐

See: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

Do we really want to criminalize a large part of the population while tech companies do the same? In the end, is the only difference that #PirateBay was not a multimillion corporation?

#sony #court #piracy #internet #economy #news #usa #copy #Problem #society #crime

Supreme Court wants US input on whether ISPs should be liable for users’ piracy

SCOTUS asks US government for its view on $1 billion Sony v. Cox case.

^{Jon Brodkin (Ars Technica)}

#Amazon's #eBooks lose #USB #copy function

source: reddit.com/r/kindle/comments/1…

So Amazon wants you to have to buy all eBooks again with a new eBook reader. Nice new #profit in digital #capitalism.

#DRM #Copyright #fail #consumer #customer #economy #digital #news #ebook #hardware #software #problem