Font leaking

Dusan JelesijevicDusan Jelesijevic Posts: 66
edited April 2015 in Type Business
I witnessed one strange situation.

Day one:

After preparing promo posters for latest typeface, I sent whole package (font files, posters, description text) to an vendor (email to email).

Day two:
The typeface got released.

Day three:
After doing search on Google with typeface name, I found an warez website that already started sharing the typeface!

This all would be "usual" today, except one thing – for period of those 3 days, I only sent ZIP package to one vendor and in those 3 days there were no customers who bought it. The vendor says it doesn't have anything to do with them.

So my question is how the hell it leaks so fast, – unsecured servers of vendors, somebody entered my computer remotely or hacked email accounts?

I'd like to hear your thoughts.

Dusan

Comments

  • Hm, didn't know that!

    They use some of file hosting/cloud storages that require premium user accounts to be able to download it.
  • Then it most definitely isn't the real thing. Sites like those try to lure customers with fake files. (which are generated for everything) Otherwise it would be all over the place.
  • attarattar Posts: 209
    › Sites like those try to lure customers with fake files. 

    Or worse... viruses.
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