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Posted by M. Arthur Auslander on January 08, 2001 at 04:03:50:

In Reply to: Business Software Alliance posted by Jamie on January 06, 2001 at 18:20:05:

: I understand that the BSA is a private organization (the hired guns) of the big corporations that want to protect software from piracy. They have had many raids on businesses and assessed fines due to licensing issues .
: There are companies out there who are licensing Fonts which they claim to hold copyrights to (even if this is a false claim and actionable against). Some claim to be members of the BSA, although they are small companies, and I hardly believe that they can afford to pay the membership fee of the BSA.
: Can fonts be licensed for use if they are not copyrightable? And if a software program which is properly licensed and copyrighted is using fonts which are not licensed what would be the scope of the BSA's claim against that software program.

Dear Jamie,

While it is my understanding, that fonts are not copyrightable, programs including fonts are. I don't know who BSA is.

Usually the Courts come down hard on copyright infringers.

M. Arthur Auslander
Auslander & Thomas-Intellectual Property Law Since 1909
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