Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Font Myths

2008-11-08 Thread Fontfreedom
In a message dated 11/8/2008 2:18:10 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 2008/11/7 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: You guys really should see the Font Myths website: What is the URL? The url is: _http://www.ssifonts.com/Myths.htm_ (http://www.ssifonts.com/Myths.htm) Also,

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Font Myths

2008-11-08 Thread Christopher Fynn
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You guys really should see the Font Myths website: ... IMO One should try and copyright a font *both* as Software - covers USA and other jurisdictions *and* as an artistic work if you are in jurisdiction that allows this. No one was suggesting to copyright a font

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Font Myths

2008-11-08 Thread Dave Crossland
2008/11/7 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: You guys really should see the Font Myths website: What is the URL?

Re: [OpenFontLibrary] Font Myths

2008-11-08 Thread Fontfreedom
Erm, SSI *LOST* a lawsuit again Adobe about font copyright. I'd be very suspicous about those guys. Ah yes, SSI the outfit of the infamous Rev. Paul King - weren't they the ones who cloned over 1,000 fonts designed by others and claimed them as their own? When caught it seems they tried to

[OpenFontLibrary] Font Myths

2008-11-07 Thread Fontfreedom
I don't see any reason typefaces first released in the UK or Europe would enjoy any copyright protection in the U.S. All typefaces (not fonts) are automatically and immediately public domain in the U.S. Because it seems that under international copyright conventions countries have agreed