Melissa Lewis (@melissa.news)
bsky.app
TIL: The 2000s piracy PSA used a font designed by the fantastic Just van Rossum, whose brother Guido created the Python programming language. https://fontsinuse.com/uses/67480/piracy-it-s-a-crime-psa

While cloned fonts may not be illegal, it certainly wasn’t in the spirit of the campaign.

The music was definitely used illegally though.

  • @[email protected]English
    9•3 days ago

    I mean the original anti-piracy ad said you wouldn’t steal a car, because they were trying to equate digital piracy with physical theft, it’s the meme edits that say you wouldn’t download a car

    • @[email protected]English
      2•2 days ago

      I will copyright some schematics so everyone can enjoy the thrill of piracy to really drive the point home.