RobotToasterTIL the music used in the infamous "you wouldn't download a car" anti-piracy advert was pirated
shittydwarfAnd the font too
So was the font.
talI would be very cautious about that.
US font IP law has some unusual quirks.
Historically, the US took the position that typefaces could not be copyrighted.
Later on, case law established that digital font files — maybe only vector ones, not sure, but it did apply to vector font files — could be copyrighted.
What this resulted in was a common practice in the US that I recall in the 1990s or so having people print out vector fonts (which put them in a non-copyrighted form), then scan them back in, vectorize them, and make a usable font. The font wasn’t great, only approximated the letterforms of the original, and I doubt that they recreated kerning correctly, but it worked more-or-less. Then they’d sell sell bulk collections of these recreated fonts.
The fonts were knockoffs, but that doesn’t mean that they were infringing under US copyright law.
That may be what was going on with that font.
The comp.fonts FAQ has an extended discussion on the topic (and based on that, raster font files also are indeed not copyrightable, just vector).
And it made people more likely to pirate media.
This ad was how I learned digital piracy existed
ripcordStreisand effect at it again
And it made people more likely to steal cars.
People keep repeating this, but it’s not true.
Sorry, the "You Wouldn't Steal a Car" Anti-Piracy Ad Wasn't 'Pirated' * TorrentFreak
Who doesn't know the Piracy It's a Crime campaign? You wouldn't steal a car, right? But would you use pirated music for an anti-piracy advert? According to popular belief, this is what the creators of the campaign did, but 'unfortunately' it's not true.
So, there was an anti piracy advert, and it had pirated music, but it was a different one?
TIL
😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈I don’t understand this marketing campaign at all. it doesn’t make any sense to me. I can’t imagine a person who would say no. I would definitely not download a car because that would be stealing. I can’t think of a single person who would do that. that makes no goddamn sense
The actual phrase was “you wouldn’t steal a car”. The idea was to equate piracy and theft. It wasn’t really taken seriously even then.
Also, piracyisacrime.com
Like the old “this is your brain on drugs” ad, with eggs frying in the pan. WTF you talkin’ bout? Now I got the munchies, and I’m too stoned to cook. Just pop Hot Pocket in the microwave.
lechekaflanIn any case, the ad is so much just like the supposedly anti-drug D.A.R.E. ads which only managed to create the opposite effect.
MinnesotaGoddamwas it car music?