13 Feb
2013
13 Feb
'13
8:19 p.m.
On Wednesday 13 February 2013 13:59:30 Al Thompson wrote:
On 02/13/2013 09:52 AM, drew Roberts wrote:
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_cultur…
And here is another:
http://c4sif.org/2011/07/christopher-sprigman-on-ip-and-the-fashion-industr…
all the best,
drew
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.