[OpenFontLibrary] epic fail: French Anti-Piracy Organisation Hadopi Uses Pirated Font In Own Logo

[Chris Lilley]

Hello,

An object lesson in being sure that fonts are used within the terms of their license. The design agency for Hadopi, the French agency overseeing the controversial 'three strikes' law that removes Internet access from households after three illegal download warnings, itself used a copy of an exclusive corporate typeface design made for France Telecom, stolen copies of which have appeared on warez sites. (The other font used was also unlicensed, but is at least *available* for licensing, and a copy was purchased some two months after the logo went into use).

 http://fontfeed.com/archives/french-anti-piracy-organisation-uses-pirated-font-in-ownlogo/

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 Chris Lilley                    mailto:chris at w3.org
 Technical Director, Interaction Domain
 W3C Graphics Activity Lead
 Co-Chair, W3C Hypertext CG