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From: Ozan S. Yigit oz@sis...
Subject: Fonts and unicode distribution...
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1993 11:21:45 -0400



> I was under the impression that this is the case in the USA --
> screen-bitmap fonts are not protected ...

It is known as the exclusion of utilitarian works.
In US, typefaces are considered utilitarian works, so they
cannot be protected by copyright.

oz