Re: [dvd-discuss] How many bits is a technical protection measure?

[Noah silva <nsilva(at)atari-source.com>]

Hmm...

I could see them saying that copying the entire font is infringement,
whereas certain charicters may not be, but considering that in any
reasonably sized letter, all of the charicters are used...

But I can also see how they could say that your final communication will
be a specific size, etc., and rendered bitmaps should be sent instead of
the outline fonts.

But really, if you can't use the fonts, people will be likely just to
choose other fonts.

 -- noah silva

On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Michael A Rolenz wrote:

> Actually, I contend that it is NOT infringement if you  "copy the ttf file to your receipient". I have paid to use the font in 
> communications. If the font cannot be used in communications to others 
> then it is failing the test for merchantability.
> 
> This seems to be another old business model that needs to be retired. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Charles Ballowe <hangman@steelballs.org>
> Sent by: owner-dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
> 04/23/02 08:34 PM
> Please respond to dvd-discuss
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> 
> The market for fonts is developed around a model where documents are not
> distributed in electronic form. For electronic distribution, non-embedable
> fonts make no sense.
> 
> Of course, those 2 bits don't prevent somebody from taking the font file
> and dropping it in their fonts directory. They just prevent it from being
> embedded in a document. You could still copy the ttf file to your 
> receipient,
> but that would be direct infringement - but not circumvention.
> 
> 
> On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 08:25:36PM -0700, microlenz@earthlink.net wrote:
> > Yes but a NOT professional printer has PAID for the ability to use the 
> font. 
> > Privately it matter not to me WHat font I use for most of what I write 
> <I 
> > prefer Times Roman> but when I create something with a font, I want that 
> font 
> > used when I publish it albeit to the limited distribution that I do. I 
> have 
> > paid for it. Personally I have no need to use that font ONLY when I 
> distribute
> > it to others and I paid to do so-even when the printer is acting as my 
> agent. 
> > In the electronic age, printers are acting more as agents as they take 
> camera 
> > ready copy.
> > 
> > The whole notion that one can distribute a font for someone to use in 
> private 
> > but not for public distribution of the work is so stupid that I wonder 
> what 
> > disease affects their mind other than SchiessKopf Syndrome.
> 
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