Treba mi savet oko problema sa upotrebom fonta
Pre par nedelja dobio sam email da koristim font bez licence. Skinuo sam font sa prvog sajta koji se kasnije ispostavio kao nelegitiman. Na tom sajtu je pisalo da je font free for non-commercial use.
Kada me je agencija kontaktirala, izvinio sam se i uklonio font sa sajta. Međutim, oni i dalje traže da im platim zbog perioda tokom kog sam koristio font.
Sajt na kojem sam ga koristio imao je samo jednu stranicu i nije sadržao reklame, donacije niti prodaju. Bio je isključivo hobby website.
Nakon istraživanja odlučio sam da ignorišem situaciju, međutim pre nekoliko dana stigao mi je email da me više neće upozoravati.
Agencija u pitanju je The Type Founders, osoba koja me je kontaktirala je Simon.
Font je Refrigerator Deluxe, kreiran od strane Mark Simonson-a.
Traže oko 200$, a font kao i sajt su uklonjeni.
U nastavku možete videti prvi email, moj odgovor i poslednji email. Preskočiću ostale emailove između, s obzirom na to da su bili samo upozorenja.
Od njih:
>Hope this email finds you well.
>I’m Simon from The Type Founders, where we manage the rights for Refrigerator Deluxe, which we noticed in use on your website. Great choice, it looks fantastic there!
>We reach out like this periodically as part of our role stewarding the foundries and designers we represent. Because fonts can be purchased through several platforms — and, unfortunately, sometimes appear on deceptive or unauthorized sites — we occasionally need to check directly with users to make sure everything is properly licensed.
>If you already have a license, would you mind sharing the details so we can update our records and close this out? And if not, no worries, we can help you get properly licensed quickly so everything’s in order.
>If you’re not the right person to handle this, feel free to connect me with whoever would be the best contact.
Moj odgovor:
>Thanks for reaching out. I’m sorry, I wasn’t aware a license was required for this type of use. I’ve removed the font from my website and will look into proper licensing.
Njihov odgovor:
>Unfortunately removing the font files does not solve the font license issue as you were hosting these fonts without proper licensing before we contacted you.
>To address that, please go here to purchase the license
>Please note that if you used the fonts without an appropriate license in the past, you will need to purchase a license to cover that past use since it began. This will ensure coverage for any previous unlicensed use.
>Thank you again for your attention to this matter.
Poslednji email koji sam dobio:
>Following up once more regarding Refrigerator Deluxe. We haven’t yet heard back and want to make sure we’re giving you every opportunity to confirm or update your license before we escalate internally.
>As a quick reminder, we contact teams like yours to protect the use and stewardship of the foundries and designers we represent. It’s never meant to be adversarial; we just need to verify that all uses are properly licensed.
>If you already have a license, please share it so we can close this out. If not, we can help you secure one right away.
>We’d appreciate it if you could get back to us within the next 7 days so we can sort this out together. We’d really like to resolve this amicably without needing to escalate it further.
Zanimaju me moje mogućnosti. Da li mogu da me tuže s obzirom na to da sam u Srbiji, a oni u Americi, i s obzirom na to da je sajt uklonjen i nije pravio nikakav profit?
Ako me tuže, da li bih morao da platim više od tih 200$?
I da li bi možda trebalo da objasnim situaciju - da sam iz Srbije, da je bila iskrena greška, da ne zarađujem ništa od toga, da je sajt uklonjen i da sam početnik?