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

["Peter D. Junger" <junger(at)samsara.law.cwru.edu>]

"Michael A Rolenz" writes:

: But I would also contend that the use of bitmapped fonts also violates the 
: warrenty of merchantability (That's the problem I had between Adobe and 
: Mathematica. I can paste equations in as bitmaps but then have problems 
: resizing them and they look jagged).
: 
: Actually, I agree wrt to using other fonts. Other than the faddish fonts 
: there is little to be gained by not using something that is not in the 
: public domain. Furhtermore, the purpose of allowing people to copyright 
: fonts was to encourage the development of type faces for printing. Is that 
: encouragement still really needed? Other than some of the faddish fonts 
: that are obviously different, I'm not certain that it's worth society's 
: time and effort to get involved in copyright squabbles about "well my font 
: is a modified Goudy and SO.....gets copyright protection.", "What's 
: modified?", I took 100 points in his outline and did a 42nd degree spline 
: fit"
 
Fonts are not copyrightable in the U.S.  What is supposedly copyrightable
is the program that produces them.


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