[LAU] Changed: Copyright laws and such

[drew Roberts]

On Wednesday 13 February 2013 13:59:30 Al Thompson wrote:
> On 02/13/2013 09:52 AM, drew Roberts wrote:
> >>> Somehow fashion designers manage to make what seems to be decent money
> >>> designing original fashions even where they do not get copyright
> >>> protection for their fashion designs.
> >>>
> >>> Is it that fashion designers are more astute when it comes to getting
> >>> paid for hteir creations? Are they more intelligent than songwriters?
> >>
> >> You are falling into Kinsella's trap of believing that only hard goods
> >> have value.
> >
> > Of course not. I am speaking of fashion designs, not of the clothes made
> > from the designs.
> >
> > Just like I would be talking about a song or a recording of a song and
> > not a CD of the recordings.
>
> I haven't paid any attention to copyright as it has been applied to
> "fashions" or clothing, but a brief search gives thousands of hits of
> "counterfeit" purses and shoes coming out of China, which are then
> confiscated when they are found at various countries' port of entry.  It
> would seem that somehow those fashions are copyrighted by the designer.

I am fairly sure it is the logos and other trademarks that are causing the 
problem hereand not the designs of the clothes and bags.

There are articles about this around.

Here is one resource I found with a quick search:

http://www.ted.com/talks/johanna_blakley_lessons_from_fashion_s_free_culture.html

And here is another:

http://c4sif.org/2011/07/christopher-sprigman-on-ip-and-the-fashion-industry/

all the best,

drew