Good News: Pablo Cosgaya asked Typekit to correct the Rosario page, and they have made the changes accordingly. Now Omnibus Type is properly credited: https://typekit.com/fonts/rosario +1 to Adobe/Typekit for fixing the meta-data.
2013/6/4 Thomas Phinney <tphin...@cal.berkeley.edu> > LOL! I hope Dave is joking, but I worry that even if he is, folks might > take him seriously. It would be a mistake to think that these lawsuits are > a major profit source for font copyright holders, or a major part of Frank > Martinez's business. > > I've talked to most of the people Frank has represented in these lawsuits, > about their lawsuits. I have also met with Frank on a fair number of > occasions, including the last time I was in New York. > > In recent years he has probably averaged ~ one such lawsuit per year. > Pretty much all have settled out of court for undisclosed terms. > > Given the amount of underlicensed and unlicensed font use out there, one > lawsuit a year in the USA is nothing. Clearly, suing is being used as a > last resort, when all else fails, and even then only in a small minority of > cases. It should be self-evident that we would see a lot more of them if > such lawsuits were a fabulous cash cow. > > Many, probably most of the font copyright holders—who are generally type > designers themselves—really do not seem to care for the legal action at > all, and would much rather be designing typefaces or otherwise engaging in > what they see as the “real” business of making and selling fonts. Sure, > they don’t like seeing people/organizations with deep pockets “get away” > with using their fonts without compensation, but most of them have long > since learned that the amount of work involved in really chasing them is > disproportionate to both any sense of victory they might get in the end, > and to any financial reward. > > That being said, there are limits to what people can stomach. One very > high profile case was reported as if it were a new incident, but the > foundry told me that in fact this was the culmination of ten YEARS of > dealing with the company in question and trying to get them to pay for the > fonts they were using, and generally being ignored and blown off. > > Cheers, > > T > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > >> I believe these lawsuits are currently the most profitable business >> model for font copyright holders. >> >> -- >> -- >> Google Font Directory Discussions >> http://groups.google.com/group/googlefontdirectory-discuss >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google Font Directory Discussions" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to googlefontdirectory-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > > -- > “‘Kindness’ covers all of my political beliefs.” > —Roger Ebert > > -- > -- > Google Font Directory Discussions > http://groups.google.com/group/googlefontdirectory-discuss > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Font Directory Discussions" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to googlefontdirectory-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- Un Abrazo Pablo Impallari
