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Raster Font Copyright (and other protection) in the US and rest of the world

qubodup
Friday, August 24, 2012 - 12:05
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There have been two pixmap font submissions lately that concern me.

complete-unicode-plane-0-bitmap-font-png submitted the bitmap version of a GPL font under cc0.

pixel-pirate-font appears to be ccbysa-licensed but is based on (Disney-owned?) dafont.com/pieces-of-eight.font.

 

There seems to be no copyright for bitmap fonts in the US but what about other forms of protection and other countries' laws? Some information outlined in en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property_protection_of_typefaces.

 

It seems to me that we have to either

  1. reject art that has other levels of protection (design patent, trademark...) or country-specific limitations or
  2. include a warning about such issues.

(I'm also not sure that the non-copyrightable status of fonts was intended for fonts that are not designed for readability.)

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CruzR
joined 14 years 5 months ago
Friday, August 24, 2012 - 15:47
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I support your suggestion - we should keep OGA free from art that can't legally be used worldwide.

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Botanic
joined 13 years 11 months ago
Sunday, November 18, 2012 - 04:51
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That is a great idea in theory, however nearly impossible in pratice, for example in some countries art with blood in it is illegal.

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Full Steam Ahead! o/ <-- little ascii fist in the air holding a debugging hammer.

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