Did Microsoft steal its fonts from the Turkish army? (2012)(rodrik.typepad.com)
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Did Microsoft steal its fonts from the Turkish army? (2012)
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This is why, in spite of generally being happy that the recent coup attempt failed, I am deeply concerned about what happens next. Six thousand arrested within a day or so of the failed coup? When we don't even really know what happened, yet? Erdogan and company are using it as an excuse to clean house. No investigation has been done, and I fear nothing resembling justice will occur. Turkey, meanwhile, edges closer to a dictatorship.
Terrible and misleading headline.
No it's not, it's a succinct summary of the article that's eye-catching as well as informative as to the topic of the article itself.
It's actually a great headline, and is in no way misleading.
It's actually a great headline, and is in no way misleading.
Misleading? Yeah, I can see what you mean. But did it deliver? Absolutely.
We can't reduce all the media to some newswire. Creativity is an amazing thing. Sure, it might not match your personal taste but that's also fine. Different people like different things.
There's no headline that would make every single person happy.
We can't reduce all the media to some newswire. Creativity is an amazing thing. Sure, it might not match your personal taste but that's also fine. Different people like different things.
There's no headline that would make every single person happy.
What would you suggest instead?
The title is a reference to a minor sarcastic remark made in the blog post: a forged document containing the font Calibri was claimed to be last saved (in 2002) before Microsoft released the font (in 2006), yet the questionable Turkish court disregarded this indication of tampering with the last-saved date and accepted the document as factual. In fact, most of the post has nothing to do with Microsoft.
Bear in mind, this is not a news article, but just a blog post from 2012.
Bear in mind, this is not a news article, but just a blog post from 2012.
Well, this is a company doing the appropriation, so doesn't it make a lot more sense to use the term "borrow"? It wasn't some individual stealing the intellectual property of a poor corporation. A corporation just trying to create jobs and wealth for the little people.
This is a corporation acting toward a government entity so steal is a bit harsh. Everyone knows companies are better than governments and individuals. Therefore Microsoft clearly borrowed fonts from the Turkish army.
This is a corporation acting toward a government entity so steal is a bit harsh. Everyone knows companies are better than governments and individuals. Therefore Microsoft clearly borrowed fonts from the Turkish army.
You didn't read the article, did you?
I did. Apparently that was too tongue in cheek at the ridiculousness of the title. Tongue through cheek I suppose. I am happy it gave you the opportunity to feel good about yourself.
It follows Betteridge's Law of Headlines[0].
0 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline...
0 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline...
Indeed, but Betteridge's Law of Headlines is often related to somehow sensationalist headlines, whereas this headline seems more like a part of a "Reductio ad absurdum".
So if the answer to the question posed by the headline is "no" (as is implied), then the Turkish court did not provide fair and impartial justice. It is a reductio ad absurdum argument against the guilt of the defendants.