Irony

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

You wouldn't steal a font: Famous anti-piracy campaign may have used pirated typeface

The dramatic adverts, which compared pirating films to stealing cars, handbags and televisions, became a piece of pop culture history, with spoofs spawned for years afterwards.

news.sky.com

 

[Marc]

You wouldn't steal a font: Famous anti-piracy campaign may have used pirated typeface

The dramatic adverts, which compared pirating films to stealing cars, handbags and televisions, became a piece of pop culture history, with spoofs spawned for years afterwards.

news.sky.com

hypocrisy is a better term.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

MSN

"I knew my font was used for the campaign and that a pirated clone named XBand Rough existed," van Rossum told TorrentFreak. "I did not know that the campaign used XBand Rough and not FF Confidential, though. So this fact is new to me, and I find it hilarious." He also said he has no intention of pursuing the matter further.

 

[Tosk]

If I remember correctly, the music for the advert was also pirated.

Edit: Yes. https://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/01/29/3678851.htm

Using a pirated typeface and pirated music for your lame-ass anti-piracy advert. You'd be forgiven for thinking it was a comedy bit.

 

[Ray Hardgrit]

That's amazing, I didn't know that the music was pirated as well.

 

[Marc]

That's amazing, I didn't know that the music was pirated as well.

Definitely not the first time anti-piracy groups have been caught of use of unauthorized content.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Has somebody analyzed the script and background graphics? It'd be even weirder if the whole thing was a Frankenstein's monster of stolen stuff.

 

[Ray Hardgrit]

They stole the street they filmed on from the Deep Space Nine episode Past Tense

 

[Alexander Corrino]

I will still never understand who thought it was a great idea to put these adverts on DVDs. Like, on the actual real DVDs. Bought and purchased legally. Why make me watch a screamingly loud anti piracy advert when I just want to watch the actual legal DVD of a show/movie?

 

[fireproof78]

I will still never understand who thought it was a great idea to put these adverts on DVDs. Like, on the actual real DVDs. Bought and purchased legally. Why make me watch a screamingly loud anti piracy advert when I just want to watch the actual legal DVD of a show/movie?

Same reason why we get all the other wonderful warnings on there.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Because you might have borrowed a copy from a friend or the library, or even purchased one to copy it and then return it later. I guess they weren't taking any chances.

 

[Kor]

Also to make you stop and think in case you had the idea of ripping the video from the disc and distributing pirated copies of it. Back in the '90s it was very commonplace for anyone with the right hardware on their PC to burn dozens of copies of music CDs for all their friends, schoolmates, etc, maybe even making a few bucks from it. It's a little more complicated with DVDs, but still possible.

Kor