Comments on: NBC sued over misuse of font license http://drawn.ca/archive/nbc-sued-over-misuse-of-font-license/ llustration, Comics, Animation, and Cartoon Art Sun, 13 May 2012 16:20:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ElleDriver http://drawn.ca/archive/nbc-sued-over-misuse-of-font-license/comment-page-1/#comment-682613 ElleDriver Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:31:47 +0000 http://drawn.ca/?p=9168#comment-682613 Font Bureau is a pretty successful type foundry - they've done work for Apple and Microsoft, which I would definitely describe as being "big fish". And according to the lawsuit, NBC is on record for purchasing a single-user license, which points to an on-house design team. But I agree with the consensus that this wasn't done maliciously - I blame in on a careless (or clueless) NBC graphic designer who decided to share/download a bunch of unlicensed fonts. (Sadly for them, I'm sure this person won't be employed there for much longer.) Font Bureau is a pretty successful type foundry – they’ve done work for Apple and Microsoft, which I would definitely describe as being “big fish”.

And according to the lawsuit, NBC is on record for purchasing a single-user license, which points to an on-house design team.

But I agree with the consensus that this wasn’t done maliciously – I blame in on a careless (or clueless) NBC graphic designer who decided to share/download a bunch of unlicensed fonts. (Sadly for them, I’m sure this person won’t be employed there for much longer.)

]]> By: ElleDriver http://drawn.ca/archive/nbc-sued-over-misuse-of-font-license/comment-page-1/#comment-701488 ElleDriver Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:31:00 +0000 http://drawn.ca/?p=9168#comment-701488 Font Bureau is a pretty successful type foundry - they've done work for Apple and Microsoft, which I would definitely describe as being "big fish". And according to the lawsuit, NBC is on record for purchasing a single-user license, which points to an on-house design team. But I agree with the consensus that this wasn't done maliciously - I blame in on a careless (or clueless) NBC graphic designer who decided to share/download a bunch of unlicensed fonts. (Sadly for them, I'm sure this person won't be employed there for much longer.) Font Bureau is a pretty successful type foundry – they’ve done work for Apple and Microsoft, which I would definitely describe as being “big fish”.

And according to the lawsuit, NBC is on record for purchasing a single-user license, which points to an on-house design team.

But I agree with the consensus that this wasn’t done maliciously – I blame in on a careless (or clueless) NBC graphic designer who decided to share/download a bunch of unlicensed fonts. (Sadly for them, I’m sure this person won’t be employed there for much longer.)

]]> By: Luc Latulippe http://drawn.ca/archive/nbc-sued-over-misuse-of-font-license/comment-page-1/#comment-682604 Luc Latulippe Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:50:22 +0000 http://drawn.ca/?p=9168#comment-682604 It certainly smells like a "go after one of the big fish to show we ain't messin' around" sort of thing. Things are rarely this cut-and-dry, and I'm sure no one at NBC intended anything malicious; I can easily imagine the person buying some fonts not knowing any better, or as you said it could be they outsourced to other studios. It certainly smells like a “go after one of the big fish to show we ain’t messin’ around” sort of thing. Things are rarely this cut-and-dry, and I’m sure no one at NBC intended anything malicious; I can easily imagine the person buying some fonts not knowing any better, or as you said it could be they outsourced to other studios.

]]> By: Luc Latulippe http://drawn.ca/archive/nbc-sued-over-misuse-of-font-license/comment-page-1/#comment-701487 Luc Latulippe Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:50:00 +0000 http://drawn.ca/?p=9168#comment-701487 It certainly smells like a "go after one of the big fish to show we ain't messin' around" sort of thing. Things are rarely this cut-and-dry, and I'm sure no one at NBC intended anything malicious; I can easily imagine the person buying some fonts not knowing any better, or as you said it could be they outsourced to other studios. It certainly smells like a “go after one of the big fish to show we ain’t messin’ around” sort of thing. Things are rarely this cut-and-dry, and I’m sure no one at NBC intended anything malicious; I can easily imagine the person buying some fonts not knowing any better, or as you said it could be they outsourced to other studios.

]]> By: Ejones http://drawn.ca/archive/nbc-sued-over-misuse-of-font-license/comment-page-1/#comment-682602 Ejones Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:03:38 +0000 http://drawn.ca/?p=9168#comment-682602 Ha! More good news for NBC. I wonder if the network used an out of house design firm for this. If they did, well, it ain't their lookout, and they smaller company could pay out a smaller amount of dough. If they did rip off these fonts, and it's proven in court, they won't get $2M, but they'll get a nice chunk, and will probably be awarded licensing monies owed them. This will be a good one to watch. I'm making popcorn. Ha! More good news for NBC.

I wonder if the network used an out of house design firm for this. If they did, well, it ain’t their lookout, and they smaller company could pay out a smaller amount of dough.

If they did rip off these fonts, and it’s proven in court, they won’t get $2M, but they’ll get a nice chunk, and will probably be awarded licensing monies owed them. This will be a good one to watch. I’m making popcorn.

]]> By: Ejones http://drawn.ca/archive/nbc-sued-over-misuse-of-font-license/comment-page-1/#comment-701486 Ejones Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:03:00 +0000 http://drawn.ca/?p=9168#comment-701486 Ha! More good news for NBC. I wonder if the network used an out of house design firm for this. If they did, well, it ain't their lookout, and they smaller company could pay out a smaller amount of dough. If they did rip off these fonts, and it's proven in court, they won't get $2M, but they'll get a nice chunk, and will probably be awarded licensing monies owed them. This will be a good one to watch. I'm making popcorn. Ha! More good news for NBC.

I wonder if the network used an out of house design firm for this. If they did, well, it ain’t their lookout, and they smaller company could pay out a smaller amount of dough.

If they did rip off these fonts, and it’s proven in court, they won’t get $2M, but they’ll get a nice chunk, and will probably be awarded licensing monies owed them. This will be a good one to watch. I’m making popcorn.

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