[Noisebridge-discuss] Just say no to SOPA

[Bill Pollock]

You raise an interesting point. My father manufactured wedding gowns. I
worked in the factory for about three years.

Designs were derivative throughout the industry then and they still are. We
used to go to fashion shows and I was stunned to see various  women
standing outside the showrooms and blatantly drawing the designs. Asian
manufacturers would knock off the designs as quickly as they could.

We didn't spend an ounce of effort fighting the knockoffs and the business
grew every year. The knockoffs weren't the problem; they were a drop in the
bucket. The bigger problem was large resellers like J C Penney. They were
our largest account and they'd just jerk us around.

Bill
On Jan 16, 2012 7:17 AM, "rachel lyra hospodar" <rachelyra at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> What's interesting about the example here is that the garment world has no
> real copyright protections. As a creative producer in the field that is
> what makes working *possible*, since garment designs are kind of all based
> on each other.
>
> The reason louis vuitton handbags and the like are covered in brand logos
> as part of the design?  to permit the prosecution of knockoff artists based
> on trademark violations.
>
> I don't actually think that those knockoff artists need to be stopped.
> Their very existence is a result of the companies' attempts to circumvent
> the rules of copyright law in their industry, using trademark law.  Frankly
> I think they deserve what they get and our law enforcement time would be
> better spent elsewhere.
>
> R.
>
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