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illegal use of font
- Thread starter John Butto
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John Butto
New Member
It is called Plane Crash. OldPaint, you need to move up to 250 on the reading glasses.
JBusch260
New Member
Thanks for the article John! That kind of irony reminds me of when the author of SOPA got caught using unlicensed images last year.
http://www.vice.com/read/lamar-smith-sopa-copyright-whoops
http://www.vice.com/read/lamar-smith-sopa-copyright-whoops
The Vector Doctor
Chief Bezier Manipulator
Yes but how do you know when a font can or cannot be used for this purpose? This same font can be downloaded from any number of sites but there is no mention of the copyright or permitted usage at many of those sites
It is not like a watermarked image or a font for purchase. It is listed or offered for free at probably 100s of sites without these terms and conditions
It says this "(Free for personal use only. Read conditions of use and buy font licenses on www.wmkart.com)" at Dafont.com but probably not everywhere.
It is not like a watermarked image or a font for purchase. It is listed or offered for free at probably 100s of sites without these terms and conditions
It says this "(Free for personal use only. Read conditions of use and buy font licenses on www.wmkart.com)" at Dafont.com but probably not everywhere.
Pat Whatley
New Member
Isn't that the same as asking when a picture you found on Google Images can or cannot be used because you found it on a bunch of sites and there's no copyright info on the picture from one of them?
Signed Out
New Member
It's not helvetica, look at the R.
Signed Out
New Member
Nevermind, I was looking at Gino's version, which is different.
Gino
Premium Subscriber
So perhaps, he stole the font, bastardized it and claims as his own ?? It could happen.
Pat Whatley
New Member
Tiki, man, we're gonna have to schedule an intervention to get you to stop spending all your time cruising font sites.
The Vector Doctor
Chief Bezier Manipulator
Yes but I would be willing to bet everyone on here that have thousands or tens of thousands of fonts on their computer and use those free fonts on signs and have not paid for the license to use them
The whole idea of free fonts is quite confusing and most don't know that they cannot be used this way. They really aren't free if you are running a business making signs and then use those fonts.
signage
New Member
That is true of a lot of things used in any business!
Pat Whatley
New Member
They don't hide it. Right above the DOWNLOAD buttons on dafont.com if will either say FREE or just FREE FOR PERSONAL USE. Then when you download it and unzip the file there's a "read me" file in there that nobody ever reads. That's where the rest of the commercial use info is.
I can't find the article but i remember reading that the guy who made the Bleeding Cowboys font has sued several major companies over its use, NBC was sued by FontBureau for $10 million, Rick Santorums campaign paid out $2 million for using unlicensed fonts. Sure, Bob down and Sign Pimps using an unlicensed font on a real estate sign won't be noticed but when you start dealing with national campaigns people start paying attention.
WildWestDesigns
Active Member
As Pat mentioned, I fail to see how that is hidden in the fine print?
I might also add, that people not reading the fine print is how a lot of people get into trouble with the contracts that the sign or agree to by using the product. Regardless if you read it or not, if you violate it, you can get into trouble if you are caught.
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visual800
Active Member
define personal and as far a readme file no I do not read those they are deleted. Is there not 1 sign guy on this site that has nottaken a free font?
or how about a company sending over a logo in a jpeg and you have to match and recreate. You look for the font and MYFONT wants $40 and dafont is free download, i guess alot of you would pay for the font wouldnt you?