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oefrha on Aug 14, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple held up Telegram’s latest update over emoji

Saying Apple Color Emoji the font, basically a collection of images, can’t be copyrighted is like saying Helvetica can’t be copyrighted.

GlitchMr on Aug 14, 2022 | [–]

Helvetica typeface cannot be copyrighted in United States, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property_protecti...

tragictrash on Aug 14, 2022 | [–]

So... Correct?

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