tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094213262059652791.post3358323479793203142..comments2024-02-29T02:22:31.011-05:00Comments on Rights of Writers: Should Congress Extend Copyright Protection to Fashion Designs?Mark Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07032057917942464490noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094213262059652791.post-77231047270335936792013-05-05T10:30:30.152-04:002013-05-05T10:30:30.152-04:00You know, I am not too eager to embrace the argume...You know, I am not too eager to embrace the argument that a lack of copyright in the fashion industry leads to greater innovation. The fashion industry is just like any other sector that relies on creativity- people build on the ideas of others. However, in the music industry and other creative areas, people are required to give credit to the originality creditors.<br /><br />This should be a requirement in fashion as well. What happens when a little known designer comes up with something different? Without this type of protection, more well known designers can just take their ideas and use them.DMCAcom reviewhttp://dmcacom.bluepromocode.com/dmcacom-promo-code/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094213262059652791.post-61676455366976880262011-01-06T12:52:47.238-05:002011-01-06T12:52:47.238-05:00To answer Cowen's question, I'd recommend ...To answer Cowen's question, I'd recommend looking at "The Piracy Paradox," an article by Kal Raustiala (UCLA) and Chris Sprigman (UVA). They have some interesting economic explanations as to why the high right of piracy in the fashion industry actually helps designers by solidifying trends, and then by making old trends unpalatable to richie riches, which in turn makes them amenable to shelling out for the newest trends.<br /><br />"We argue that the fashion industry counterintuitively operates within a low-IP equilibrium in which copying actually promotes<br />innovation. We call this the 'piracy paradox.'”Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07209363925880048423noreply@blogger.com