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Oh no! Please tell me im wrong.
Posted by robsayshowdy in
25 Apr 2004 — 10:52pm
25 Apr 2004 — 10:52pm
http://dafont.com/en/top.php
Notice the "beautiful" font, notice that it is identical to a familar font?
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26 Apr 2004 — 12:28am
Both "Beautiful ES" and "Splendid ES" are rip-offs of Bickham Script, which is protected by US Design Patents 407,108 and 426,570. This definitely infringes our patents.
They didn't even change the em square either, so it's easy to see that the outlines seem to be stolen too (modulo conversion to TrueType), which would violate our copyright as well.
I've pointed our legal and anti-piracy folks at it.
T
26 Apr 2004 — 9:30am
Im glad Thomas, I love the orginial, and I was disturbed at how it could be on their "top100" and be so obviously and completely stolen. I was going to throw it to you specifically, but I figured you'd see it on the post.
26 Apr 2004 — 9:52am
Wow. Taking on Disney, Coca-cola, Pepsico and McDonalds, all at the same time? That's pretty impressive.
26 Apr 2004 — 10:53am
Urp, right, Splendid is something else. But "Beautiful ES" is definitely Bickham Script. Should have looked more carefully.
T
26 Apr 2004 — 12:07pm
Thomas Adobe has a far bigger problem. I'm getting e-mails about one a week from people selling Photoshop CS for $79. Adobe should have a place on their site to be able to report the emails who follow this ripoff practice. It annoys me I pay full freight for Adobe products and someone rips them off like this.
26 Apr 2004 — 12:53pm
If you see such an offer and want to report it, send an email to "piracy@adobe.com" (as listed on our Web site)
Thanks!
T
26 Apr 2004 — 1:51pm
Also for piracy see the BSA.
26 Apr 2004 — 2:29pm
Sadly, this post is fitting as today is World Intellectual
Property Day! Not kidding.
http://www.wipo.int/about-ip/en/world_ip/2004/index.html
26 Apr 2004 — 2:51pm
Will do Thomas, lets get rid of the pirates
27 Apr 2004 — 9:12am
Stephen said The other Bickham is
Champignon. I beg to differ. Champignon is a digital version of 'Champion' by Francois Boltana. I have samples of both in my Script Font ID Guide.
27 Apr 2004 — 9:17am
Mike you know how I said I get these illegal software offers about once a week, well I got two today and forwarded the emails to the address you posted.
27 Apr 2004 — 9:19am
Sorry Mike I ment Thomas
27 Apr 2004 — 2:25pm
Stephen tell be about your new image (its new to me). Exactly what is the guy holding (a head?).
26 Apr 2004 — 12:21am
Oh, if you've got an hour or so I could list all the rip-offs
that are available on DaFont. It's pretty depressing...
26 Apr 2004 — 10:05am
The Splendid ES I see now looks to be something else. Perhaps
Storm's Splendid Quartett Italic.
26 Apr 2004 — 10:07am
Maybe Thomas got the names mixed up. The other Bickham is
Champignon. I see plenty of other knockoffs on that page alone.
26 Apr 2004 — 10:11am
For example:
Park Avenue, Shelley Allegro and Aquiline, and many others
that I wish I had more time to ID right now.
26 Apr 2004 — 1:37pm
> and many others that I wish I had more time to ID right now.
Heh. I've toyed with the idea too, but there's a couple of
thousand fonts on there...
27 Apr 2004 — 9:49am
Thanks for correcting me, Mike. You're right.