From Linus Boman.

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The infamous anti-DVD-piracy PSA turns out to have used a "pirated" font. That’s deliciously ironic, but is it the most ironic case of font piracy of all time? Let’s unpack a few cases from the long shared history of type design and piracy and find out.

Thanks to @JacobGeller and @MedlifeCrisis for lending their voices!

00:00 You wouldn’t steal an iconic grunge font
01:00 The original font: FF Confidential
02:14 The pirate font: XBand Rough
02:56 Can a font even be copyrighted? It’s complicated.
05:10 Grand Theft Typo, a.k.a. the Bitstream Heist
08:58 CD-ROM: The original slop era
11:24 Pirates of Lead (but in Latin for extra pretentiousness)
13:06 Type Crimes… History Rhymes
18:49 Commerce and design can never be separated

Sources and Links:
https://www.notion.so/timesnewboman/A-Secret-History-of-Font-Piracy-Sources-Links-1e8367f8714c804c8cfae76129684bd6