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“YOU WOULDN'T STEAL A CAR” ANTI-PIRACY CAMPAIGN MAY HAVE USED PIRATED FONTS

arstechnica.com5 min read

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The anti-piracy campaign "You Wouldn't Steal a Car" appears to have used XBand Rough, a knockoff of the FF Confidential font. This ironic discovery highlights the complex nature of typeface copyright law, where typeface designs have limited protection but font files can be copyrighted as software.