iFonts.xyz Theft

CliffL
CliffL Posts: 3
in Type Business
I hope this is the right forum to ask this, if not feel free to remove. I discovered that a few of my fonts that are sold through Creative Market have been purchased, then hosted on iFonts.xyz for the world to download for free. I'm hoping to do a proper launch of my own site / foundry soon and up until this point I've just sold my work for fun. I know this is a huge issue with the typography business in general, but what should be done in a case like this? Cease & desist letter? I've only made a whopping $218 from selling my work, regardless, getting ripped off feels awful. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, thank you!
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  • mitradranirban
    mitradranirban Posts: 41
    https://ifonts.xyz/dmca-policy 
  • CliffL
    CliffL Posts: 3
    Thank you! Looks like I'll be consulting with an attorney and present my case to have these removed. What a headache!
  • Cory Maylett
    Cory Maylett Posts: 250
    You'll go broke hiring an attorney to keep your fonts off the sketchy download sites. These sites often remove fonts when requested. A few months later, someone else will upload them again. It's like playing whack-a-mole. Besides, you don't need an attorney to send a take-down notice.

    Honest people and those working at companies with enforced software policies will buy fonts. Others probably wouldn't have purchased them anyway.
  • stuarthazley
    stuarthazley Posts: 10
    My fonts have been listed on their website for a considerable time now. I have submitted takedown notices, but I have yet to receive a response or see my fonts removed. 
  • CliffL
    CliffL Posts: 3
    @stuarthazley Sorry to hear that you've gone through something similar. As if making a profit selling type isn't challenging enough as-is, we have to deal with things like this. 
  • harborb
    harborb Posts: 3
    I have talked to a big wig lawyer who specializes in design and fonts. he said 99% of the time is is not worth your time and money to try and take them down, you just gotta know that you will be loosing about 1/3 of what you could make due to theft but the only way to get it back is by spending more than that on lawyers and even so the criminals never pay even when they are court ordered to do so. The only time legal action is worth perusing is if a biiiig client violates your license agreement and you stand to make hundreds of thousands on a single case. 

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