Post AtOWrrOTiVtImRmLxo by souldessin@noauthority.social
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(DIR) Post #AtOBsAuF4YngG8weJM by Rib@fedi.rib.gay
2025-04-23T16:51:07.439Z
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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/post/3ln7hx5rhcj2v)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/20051223202935/http://www.piracyisacrime.com:80/press/pdfs/150605_8PP_brochure.pdf).So I chucked it into FontForge and yep, turns out the campaign used a pirated font the entire time!
(DIR) Post #AtOC6sWhgprlbEwjEu by untsuki@udongein.xyz
2025-04-23T17:17:00.278134Z
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@Rib So they:- Pirated (commited breach of contract afaik? ) the music;- Pirated the font;
(DIR) Post #AtOH3rfeuj6ZqeW88m by Ricardus@mastodon.sdf.org
2025-04-23T18:12:27Z
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@Rib Don't copy that floppy.
(DIR) Post #AtOW3xxF3BIWeIFQau by alice@mk.nyaa.place
2025-04-23T17:46:13.861Z
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@Rib@fedi.rib.gay
(DIR) Post #AtOWZ0k0jvW2GhrXjE by Professor_Groyper@poa.st
2025-04-23T21:06:14.424698Z
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@Rib >Bluesky pedo>pronounsInto the trash it goes.
(DIR) Post #AtOWroJl9bKlEwY2gy by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-04-23T19:19:08.428361Z
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@Rib this is assuming they didn't already pay royalties but still fun fact
(DIR) Post #AtOWrpXyaEIf3KCuUS by Rib@fedi.rib.gay
2025-04-23T19:19:42.756Z
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@wowaname it's very doubtful they paid royalties since the font they used was a clone of the original
(DIR) Post #AtOWrqgsKd0qbDNX04 by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-04-23T19:20:49.288366Z
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@Rib >the font had been cloned and released illegally for freeoh i read that already and still ignored it. go me
(DIR) Post #AtOWrrOTiVtImRmLxo by souldessin@noauthority.social
2025-04-23T21:02:59Z
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@wowaname @Rib In America, a font cannot be copyright. The only part of it that can be is the software, but not the shape or the styling. Technically, there would have to be an inspection into if they used the original font file AND it had copyrighted software within it. If not, there's no way it would ever be enforceable.Doesn't excuse shitty people doing shitty things.Side note, Best Western's logo can't be copyright, just trademarked. Many others, too.
(DIR) Post #AtOWrsCohM9nIZKYQS by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-04-23T21:09:06.495612Z
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@souldessin @Rib i see that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Font_copyright#United_States agrees, thanks for teaching me something today. it's strange because i would consider a typeface a creative work much like any other visual artwork
(DIR) Post #AtOY5k3ZtPnk27Bb6W by nyanide@lab.nyanide.com
2025-04-23T21:23:24.328585Z
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@Rib this would've been devastating to the team in 2005
(DIR) Post #AtObxbsSopaqAKMiX2 by thatbrickster@shitposter.world
2025-04-23T22:06:45.417628Z
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@Rib Lunduke's uploaded a video about it. The music was pirated too!
(DIR) Post #AtOeNetsP1P2yhZhoW by Calvin@minidisc.tokyo
2025-04-23T22:29:03.110Z
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@Rib@fedi.rib.gay @thatbrickster@shitposter.world Can I has a link to this? Lmao
(DIR) Post #AtPJmG87jNSzVz5WAC by tyil@fedi.tyil.nl
2025-04-24T06:17:40.550Z
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@Rib@fedi.rib.gay The Dutch anti-piracy organization has never paid royalties for the soundtrack they use too. The artist has requested them to look into it several times, but his case never got any attention for some weird reason.Its as if the entire anti-piracy movement is just a front for companies to scam people out of more money.
(DIR) Post #AtRoAc6T4X8bYSlL5k by breizh@pleroma.breizh.pm
2025-04-23T18:38:57.852393Z
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@Rib That’s not what I understand from the BlueSky thread?XBAND Rough isn’t a pirated version of FF Confidential, it’s just a similar-looking font?
(DIR) Post #AtRoAcuo3NP64aJXYO by Rib@fedi.rib.gay
2025-04-23T18:40:15.427Z
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@breizh they may as well be the same
(DIR) Post #AtShQJS9fxgnpBPBw0 by bigiain@aus.social
2025-04-24T00:54:25Z
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@untsuki Came to post this.https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/was-the-music-in-the-you-wouldnt-steal-a-car-advert-stolen/Levels of hypocrisy that for a decade have been pushing me towards setting up a torrent box...@Rib
(DIR) Post #Atevrd6N9vOoBIDBKa by gorplop@pleroma.m68k.church
2025-04-23T20:27:02.840580Z
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@Rib afaik the music in the videoclip was also distributed pirately, it was contracted just to be shown at some film festival and instead was duplicated millions of times on DVDs. or so ive heard