- From: Christopher Fynn <cfynn@gmx.net>
- Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:32:24 +0600
- To: www-font <www-font@w3.org>
Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: ... > Note, though, that Hudson was talking about people who *commissioned* > fonts for their own use, rather than just ones who bought a license on > an existing font. The latter situation is actually more > understandable, from a "well if I have to pay for it, you should too" > eye-for-an-eye perspective. Having a font commissioned, though, is > something different. There's an obvious asymmetry between the > creation and the sharing of an object. A business might commission a font as part of its "image" or "branding" and just like their trademark or logo they may want to protect it in order to keep it exclusive. While this is a concern I'm not sure if it is a real issue. If someone uses a font they have exclusive rights to on their website, and then someone else copies and uses it on their own website, or in a publication, couldn't the first party take legal action against the second just like they could if somebody used their trademark? - CF
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