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@juergen@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months ago

"You Wouldn’t Steal a Car”... But Would You Pirate a Font?

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"You Wouldn’t Steal a Car”... But Would You Pirate a Font?

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@juergen@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months ago
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"You Wouldn’t Steal a Car”... But Would You Pirate a Font? * TorrentFreak
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The statement "You Wouldn't Steal a Car" launched one of the most iconic anti-piracy campaigns. But did the campaign use a pirated font?
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  • @SigHunter@lemmy.kde.social
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    If I could copy/paste cars, I’d exactly do that

    • @taladar@sh.itjust.works
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      I wouldn’t but only because there are already too many of them and they take up too much space…on the other hand if they could be pasted and then deleted again after use that might have some applications.

      • 🌶️ - knighthawk
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        6•2 months ago

        be wonderful to be able to cut your car instead of park it, then paste when you’re ready to go.

        • @Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world
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          I copy+pasted my lunch without thinking and overwrote my clipboard; guess I’m sans vehicle now.

          • 🌶️ - knighthawk
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            2•2 months ago

            ok, I’ll program a HUD with an inventory. to start everyone gets 5 slots to hold stuff

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    deleted by creator

  • @Bellingdog@lemmy.world
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    14•2 months ago

    I’m not stealing your car. I just need it for a while, to train my AI model.

  • baduhai
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    11•2 months ago

    I would pirate a car, if I could do it as easily as I (allegedly) pirate movies.

  • Justin
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    9•2 months ago

    Isn’t cloning font legal though? As compared to copying floppies which is punishable by death?

    • toman
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      9•2 months ago

      It depends on the jurisdiction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property_protection_of_typefaces

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