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From: kruger@whyvax.dec.com (Endorsed by 1-eyed mutants for nuclear power)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Could someone clarify the copyright issue?
Message-ID: <8712171807.AA17062@decwrl.dec.com>
Date: 17 Dec 87 18:07:24 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
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I have heard something to the effect that fonts are not copyrightable, only
their names. Thus you can take any graphics book, copy the fonts into a computerformat, but you are not free to name the font the same thing. Why wouldn't this apply to a copy of a font already on a computer?

[Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, and quoting me in your defense in a giant
lawsuit with Apple will get you a few laughs, but nothing else.]


dov