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The ‘Piracy. It’s a Crime’ campaign used pirated music, *and* as it turns out, also used pirated fonts. Incredible.

Typefaces aren't protected by intellectual property laws in the US, only things like truetype font files (specifically, the code instructing the computer how to recreate the characters). anyone can legally recreate any font they want and use it any way they want so long as they do it from scratch.

True! But try doing that and you’ll quickly realise it’s almost as much effort as designing a whole new typeface (at least if you want the same level of quality)

Sure. But font artists and companies like adobe have been making money by bootlegging typefaces and fonts since the invention of the movable type printing press.