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Accidentally exposing a folder of copyrighted font files over FTP would probably technically violate the license, even if it was by accident. You're serving the

Accidentally exposing a folder of copyrighted font files over FTP would probably technically violate the license, even if it was by accident. You're serving the files outside of the licensed use (serving and rendering a webpage). Same as if you accidentally exposed to the internet your home server of legally-created DVD backups. You'd still be violating the license under which you bought the DVDs.

toomuchtodo 7y ago
Show me an attorney willing to pursue accidental violators for damages, especially when the asset in question is intended to be publicly served in the course of its use. I would genuinely be interested in case law's stance on this. Also interested in what happens to the value of non-public domain fonts if you require the digital asset to be handled as a secret (and all of the hassle that goes along with that).
- wnevets 7y ago
  >Show me an attorney willing to pursue accidental violators for damages, especially when the asset in question is intended to be publicly served in the course of its use. There are some pretty sleazy lawyers out there. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/grandmother-sued-downloading-porn_n_900484 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/grandmother-sued-downloading-...
  - toomuchtodo 7y ago
    Usually the sleaziest are dealt with accordingly, but it is a fair point. Anyone can be sued for anything. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/07/prenda-law-porn-troll-saga-ends-with-prison-for-founder/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/07/prenda-law-porn-...
- roywiggins 7y ago
  That's why I said "technically". Whether there are any damages or what they would be, I don't know.
- teknopaul 7y ago
  Its pretty easy to get decent fonts that are cc licenced. Toomuchtodo you are not an acidental violator after publishing this comment on hn :)
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- mbreese 7y ago
  > non-public domain fonts Why would anyone use a non-public domain / CC / open source font in a publicly available project? If the project has an open source license and is in a public repository on Github, why would there even been non-public resources (fonts, icons, images, etc) in the repository at all? If you have any private resources (code or otherwise) in the repository, it shouldn't be in a public repo to begin with. Are there any examples of open source projects that are including commercially licensed fonts?

toomuchtodo 7y ago

Show me an attorney willing to pursue accidental violators for damages, especially when the asset in question is intended to be publicly served in the course of its use. I would genuinely be interested in case law's stance on this. Also interested in what happens to the value of non-public domain fonts if you require the digital asset to be handled as a secret (and all of the hassle that goes along with that).

wnevets 7y ago
>Show me an attorney willing to pursue accidental violators for damages, especially when the asset in question is intended to be publicly served in the course of its use. There are some pretty sleazy lawyers out there. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/grandmother-sued-downloading-porn_n_900484 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/grandmother-sued-downloading-...
- toomuchtodo 7y ago
  Usually the sleaziest are dealt with accordingly, but it is a fair point. Anyone can be sued for anything. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/07/prenda-law-porn-troll-saga-ends-with-prison-for-founder/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/07/prenda-law-porn-...
roywiggins 7y ago
That's why I said "technically". Whether there are any damages or what they would be, I don't know.
teknopaul 7y ago
Its pretty easy to get decent fonts that are cc licenced. Toomuchtodo you are not an acidental violator after publishing this comment on hn :)
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mbreese 7y ago
> non-public domain fonts Why would anyone use a non-public domain / CC / open source font in a publicly available project? If the project has an open source license and is in a public repository on Github, why would there even been non-public resources (fonts, icons, images, etc) in the repository at all? If you have any private resources (code or otherwise) in the repository, it shouldn't be in a public repo to begin with. Are there any examples of open source projects that are including commercially licensed fonts?