I vaguely recall an article from a font developer with a bit of legal expertise complaining that using fonts on a website doesn't need a licence, because of som

I vaguely recall an article from a font developer with a bit of legal expertise complaining that using fonts on a website doesn't need a licence, because of some loophole or other in the wording of a specific law. Does that ring any bells with anyone? I suspect it might be partly crap memory and partly wishful thinking...