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File:Abeceda z roku 1924 a iniciály.png

Even if really PD in the US, as paintor Karel Svolinský died only in 1986; is this also in the PD in his country Czech Republic? -- Túrelio (talk) 14:11, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

 Comment Well, COM:FONT an en:Intellectual property protection of typefaces, right? (And 1962 files in Category:Typeface samples not including subcategories.) I don’t know of any relevant court case in the Czech Republic which would have definitely resolved the mode of IP protection of typefaces/fonts. Usually, people abide by the US interpretation of fonts as computer software, so no copying of font definitions, but (proper, licensed) use of typeface to create a book, leaflet, image, … is not further restricted by the typeface creator’s copyright. Even though the definition of font as a piece of software is quite strained from the continental copyright view, I guess, the practical aspects seem to be apt. Then, you have people (esp. typeface designers) who claim a typeface is copyrighted just as any other piece of visual arts, even though it’s difficult to understand what exactly would that mean in the practical sense (does it mean every book using a typeface includes the typeface author’s copyright?). A summary work claims while the protection of typeface design is warranted, in most cases, there would be no copyright protection of typeface designs. (And says protection of fonts using industrial design rights is the proper way to look at typefaces.) --Mormegil (talk) 15:36, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

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Kept: Per COM:FONT and the article referenced by Mormegil. —RP88 (talk) 05:04, 16 August 2021 (UTC). —RP88 (talk) 05:04, 16 August 2021 (UTC)