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

[Nicolas Spalinger]

Chris Lilley wrote:
> 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/


Hi Chris,

Oh the delicious irony...

I also really hope the buzz around this will result in more people
becoming aware of the need to always respect the upstream designer's
license whatever it may be: libre/open or more restricted as an
exclusivity for a particular entity. Never assume but make an effort to
look at the metadata.

More details on the font family itself:
http://www.typofonderie.com/alphabets/view/Bienvenue/?lang=en
and the upstream designers:
http://www.typofonderie.com/profile

BTW, glad to see that the W3C discussions around fonts have led to a
recognition of the need for metadata: DRE instead of DRM.

Cheers,

-- 
Nicolas Spalinger, NRSI volunteer
Debian/Ubuntu font teams / OpenFontLibrary
http://planet.open-fonts.org