There Are Hilarious New Allegations About Those "You Wouldn't Steal a Car" Anti-Piracy Ads

It would be really funny if those iconically preachy "You Wouldn't Steal a Car" anti-piracy ads turned out to use pirated — sorry, stolen — materials, huh? Like, really really funny. Who could ask for a richer pièce de résistance to highlight just how outrageous its central thesis is: that downloading something from the internet is somehow just as serious or harmful an offense as grand theft auto? Well, readers, have we a plot twist for you. As TorrentFreak reports, there's a very high chance that the grungy font used for that now-infamous line may itself be a ripped-off version of someone else's typeface. Oops. The now-endlessly-memed PSA was first released in 2004 as part of the "Piracy. It's a Crime" campaign — and it was everywhere, first at movie theaters, before being stuffed into all your home movie releases. (The group behind the PSA was formerly called the Motion Picture Association of America, but now just goes by the Motion Picture Association, or MPA.) With the frenetic ... Read full article.