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Kenneth Apr 27, 2025

“You wouldn’t steal a car” anti-piracy campaign may have used pirated fonts
Digging into archived site points to use of questionable text styling.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/you-wouldnt-steal-a-car-anti-piracy-campaign-may-have-used-pirated-fonts/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

“You wouldn’t steal a car” anti-piracy campaign may have used pirated fonts

Digging into archived site points to use of questionable text styling.

Ars Technica

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Marijke Luttekes Apr 27, 2025

@arstechnica If you want more hypocrisy:

The Dutch anti-piracy organization BREIN pirated a song years back when… I was young, oh damn.

It would play before movies and videos warning people not to pirate the media they were about to watch.

https://youtu.be/bfE7ojgFsO0

Get a Life - Ian Anderson (BAF/BREIN warning music)

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WesDym Apr 27, 2025

@arstechnica Those ads ran everywhere at the time, and we mocked them. "I would absolutely download a car."

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Yves Abdallah Lambert Apr 27, 2025

@arstechnica in french, pirater des polices such an idea.

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Erik Apr 27, 2025

@arstechnica Never heard of this before though: “In Germany, where original publisher FontFont was headquartered, typefaces are protected for the first 10 years, then an additional 15 years if a rightsholder pays a fee, providing a total of 25 years of protection.”

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stux⚡️Apr 27, 2025

@arstechnica ah yes, just like the music they used

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David Prz 🤘🥦💻📚Apr 27, 2025

@arstechnica oh the irony.

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Quirky George 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇧🇪🇺Apr 27, 2025

@arstechnica @altbot

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