[OpenFontLibrary] Font, design copyrights

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>Why?
>
>Most developed countries including the US offer  copyright protection to 
>foreign works under under the Berne Convention  since 1989 and the 
>Universal Copyright Convention (UCC) since  1955.
>
>The works of an author who is a national or resident of a  country that 
>is a member of these treaties, works first published in a  member country 
>or published within 30 days of first publication in a  Berne Union 
>country may claim protection under the  treaties.
>
>So if something is copyright in a country where it was  first published 
>the US should recognize that too if that country is also  a member of the 
>Berne Convention.
 
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.