{"id":172475,"date":"2010-01-12T15:27:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-12T20:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techdirt.com\/articles\/20100112\/0752287716.shtml"},"modified":"2010-01-12T15:27:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-12T20:27:00","slug":"frances-three-strikes-enforcement-agency-pirated-a-font-for-its-logo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/172475","title":{"rendered":"France’s Three Strikes Enforcement Agency… Pirated A Font For Its Logo"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve been highlighting how Nicolas Sarkozy — who was the original strong supporter of “three strikes” proposals to kick people off the internet based on accusations (not convictions) — and his political party have been caught time<\/a> and time<\/a> again infringing on the copyright<\/a> of others. It looks like that’s happening again in an even more embarrassing fashion. The organization that’s been designated to deal with three strikes in France, Hadopi, unveiled a new logo… that used an unlicensed font<\/a>, that had been created by France Telecom and had not been licensed for use by anyone else. Hadopi had to scramble and try to find a new font once called on this, and issued an “apology,” but will it allow those accused of infringement online the right to “apologize” as well?<\/p>\n

These may seem like minor issues, but they’re actually quite instructive. The point is that due to the way copyright law is set up, people infringe unintentionally all the time<\/i>. Even the biggest defenders of copyright do so. And that<\/i> is the problem with any sort of system that punishes people for something as minor as three infringements — and it’s even worse when its three accusations<\/i> of infringement, rather than actual convictions. It creates a massive liability for the way everyone — even copyright defenders — do things every day. But, of course, the big powerful folks — the ones who passed and support this law — can just apologize and ignore the consequences. Everyone else? Good luck.<\/p>\n

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