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Re: RealAboutInstagram – a replica highlighting harmful strategies

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Post by smegsicle » Wed, Jul 26, 2023, 3:29 AM UTC

maxloh wrote: post #26

jer0me wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don’t think so because the critique is not of the font. Something like Times Newer Roman[0] might fall into that category? (Fair use is notoriously misunderstood, and I am no exception.) [0]: https://timesnewerroman.com/

Is that really legal? Seems that they are using Time News Roman's glyphs.

i once heard somewhere that the shapes aren't copyrightable so as long as you change the name you're good? but maybe not since they claim on that page to have used a similar free font (Nimbus Roman No.9 L) as the basis

Re: RealAboutInstagram – a replica highlighting harmful strategies

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Post by colejohnson66 » Wed, Jul 26, 2023, 10:13 AM UTC

metadat wrote: post #19

jer0me wrote: post #8

It looks like you're using a demo font, so it's missing some characters and is probably in violating of its license. Karla is a free font that's somewhat similar to the design of Meta's corporate font: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Karla

Might this use be protected and allowed since this is a parody?

Fair Use only applies to the thing being critiqued/parodied. You can’t just violate a license because you’re critiquing some completely different thing.

Re: RealAboutInstagram – a replica highlighting harmful strategies

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Post by georgebcrawford » Wed, Jul 26, 2023, 9:07 PM UTC

karaterobot wrote: post #29

vore wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For one, artists and photographers use Instagram to promote their work. The viral nature of social media makes it a lot easier for posts to get traction compared to, say, having to go through making your own portfolio site and then having to do website SEO etc. Maybe this doesn't bother the more technically minded, but as an artist you just want to get eyeballs on your art and any hurdle between you and that is takin…

The use case for photographers seems like a side effect of Instagram's popularity, not the problem they wake up every day trying to solve.

Exposure (excuse the pun) is incredibly difficult for photographers. A platform like instagram removes a barrier (a self-run website).

The popularity of instagram helps with the number of eyeballs.

Re: RealAboutInstagram – a replica highlighting harmful strategies

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Post by the_third_wave » Mon, Jul 31, 2023, 2:18 PM UTC

chillbill wrote: post #6

Easy to criticize, much more difficult to provide solutions

Just a few seconds of microwaving that Android or iPhone tends to solve all such problems in a whiff (of smoke). Turn off, tune out, drop in - the opposite of Leary's mantra but just the sort of thing which can help when confronted with "social" media. Turn that damn phone off, tune out of the fake rate race and drop in for a cuppa tea or something. Live, that is, in person, not by clicking some stupid thumbs-up symbol or sending an animated ideogram of a smiling something.