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Font used in famous anti-piracy campaign was pirated

Rob Beschizza
Apr 24, 2025
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You Wouldn't Pirate a Font

"You Wouldn't Steal a Car" was an anti-piracy campaign of the early 2000s, famously ineffectual and the target of many parodies. It has long been known the campaign exceeded the licensing terms of the music it used—pirated, you might say—and now analysis of the font shows it to be a replica of a commercial typeface designed by …

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