Comments on: Proposed law to destroy 90% of design businesses http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/proposed-law-to-destroy-90-of-design-businesses/ How to start a clothing line or run the one you have, better. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:47:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: IP Update: DPPA & Fashion Law Blog http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/proposed-law-to-destroy-90-of-design-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-22171 IP Update: DPPA & Fashion Law Blog Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:57:26 +0000 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/?p=3884#comment-22171 [...] sew and sell it yourself. Unfortunately, 90% of what’s left of the domestic apparel industry will be out of business, no matter how stringent one’s ethical standards are. DPPA amounts to legislating a situation [...] [...] sew and sell it yourself. Unfortunately, 90% of what’s left of the domestic apparel industry will be out of business, no matter how stringent one’s ethical standards are. DPPA amounts to legislating a situation [...]

]]> By: kathleen http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/proposed-law-to-destroy-90-of-design-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-21085 kathleen Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:46:02 +0000 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/?p=3884#comment-21085 heya Penelope, you're the only person to watch <a href="http://viscog.beckman.illinois.edu/flashmovie/15.php" rel="nofollow">the video</a> and respond to the quiz. I was disappointed so few did. I think most people didn't notice it. Speaking of, the point of the quiz/game isn't about how many times the ball is passed but whether people notice (in the midst of counting passes) the big guy in a gorilla suit walking through the middle of the game. heya Penelope, you’re the only person to watch the video and respond to the quiz. I was disappointed so few did. I think most people didn’t notice it.

Speaking of, the point of the quiz/game isn’t about how many times the ball is passed but whether people notice (in the midst of counting passes) the big guy in a gorilla suit walking through the middle of the game.

]]> By: Penelope http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/proposed-law-to-destroy-90-of-design-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-21083 Penelope Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:55:41 +0000 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/?p=3884#comment-21083 The ball was passed... 14 times. I think. Although I had 12 at first count. The ball was passed… 14 times. I think. Although I had 12 at first count.

]]> By: Sandra B http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/proposed-law-to-destroy-90-of-design-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-17699 Sandra B Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:42:33 +0000 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/?p=3884#comment-17699 Following links from the Timo Rissanen post led me, circuitously, to this site, a discussion on how the fashion industry's approach to copying and appropriation could be the model for other industries to follow. http://www.learcenter.org/html/projects/?cm=ccc/fashion It makes the pro-copyright law designers seem like they realise their way of business is in its' death throes, and they must use every trick in the book to cling on a little longer. The cool kids in the home sewing world are using the creative commons license to share patterns as PDF files through networks such as BurdaStyle.com Following links from the Timo Rissanen post led me, circuitously, to this site, a discussion on how the fashion industry’s approach to copying and appropriation could be the model for other industries to follow.
http://www.learcenter.org/html/projects/?cm=ccc/fashion
It makes the pro-copyright law designers seem like they realise their way of business is in its’ death throes, and they must use every trick in the book to cling on a little longer. The cool kids in the home sewing world are using the creative commons license to share patterns as PDF files through networks such as BurdaStyle.com

]]> By: Fashion copyright: the death of us all http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/proposed-law-to-destroy-90-of-design-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-16083 Fashion copyright: the death of us all Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:11:40 +0000 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/?p=3884#comment-16083 [...] 7/31/09: This bill is still in the works. More recent entries are Proposed law to destroy 90% of design businesses and Fashion-Incubator, a good idea while it lasted. We have an active petition I hope you’ll [...] [...] 7/31/09: This bill is still in the works. More recent entries are Proposed law to destroy 90% of design businesses and Fashion-Incubator, a good idea while it lasted. We have an active petition I hope you’ll [...]

]]> By: Aspiring Designers Face Serious Threats from Obstacles Created by Proposed Design Piracy Prohibition Act http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/proposed-law-to-destroy-90-of-design-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-15917 Aspiring Designers Face Serious Threats from Obstacles Created by Proposed Design Piracy Prohibition Act Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:12:55 +0000 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/?p=3884#comment-15917 [...] we all can do) and there are links to contact senators in the quote from Kathleen Fasenella’s Fashion Incubator [...] [...] we all can do) and there are links to contact senators in the quote from Kathleen Fasenella’s Fashion Incubator [...]

]]> By: How to promote your business on blogs http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/proposed-law-to-destroy-90-of-design-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-15151 How to promote your business on blogs Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:12:26 +0000 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/?p=3884#comment-15151 [...] It’s really easy to pick these out. Here’s a recent example that was posted to my last entry on the Design Piracy Protection Prohibition Act: Author: sewing scott (IP: 216.46.89.93, [...] [...] It’s really easy to pick these out. Here’s a recent example that was posted to my last entry on the Design Piracy Protection Prohibition Act: Author: sewing scott (IP: 216.46.89.93, [...]

]]> By: Homage or Plagiarism? http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/proposed-law-to-destroy-90-of-design-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-14870 Homage or Plagiarism? Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:01:46 +0000 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/?p=3884#comment-14870 [...] Exploring themes from last week's entry on the proposed <a href="http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/proposed-law-to-destroy-90-of-design-businesses/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">design piracy law</a>, do you think copying is ever permissible? I don't mean that in a legal sense but an ethical one. I don't intend to be judgmental but I tend to frown on it. However, <a href="http://www.badmomgoodmom.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Grace</a> poses the question in such light I wonder if I'm a hypocrite. She asked me if I thought this was <a href="http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-ig-leather17-2009may17,0,3790928.story" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">homage or plagiarism</a>[...] [...] Exploring themes from last week’s entry on the proposed design piracy law, do you think copying is ever permissible? I don’t mean that in a legal sense but an ethical one. I don’t intend to be judgmental but I tend to frown on it. However, Grace poses the question in such light I wonder if I’m a hypocrite. She asked me if I thought this was homage or plagiarism[...]

]]> By: Karen J. http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/proposed-law-to-destroy-90-of-design-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-14322 Karen J. Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:08:14 +0000 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/?p=3884#comment-14322 I read this proposed bill on Thomas' the other day, and what struck me (in addition to all the specific points made above) was at the very end - Sec. 2, (j) which adds "Section 1333 (b) "Additional Requirements- The database under subsection (a) shall contain a <b>substantially complete visual representation of all fashion designs that have been submitted</b> for registration under this chapter..." How does one create a searchable visual database?? And who's going to pay for it? No fees to search - that's in the bill, too. Maybe that's where we should look for that next job - the Patents and Copyrights IT Offices? Here's the Summary, which makes it sound innocuous enough: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:h.r.02196: And here's the actual language: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.2196: I don't know if "signing a petition" will help, but writing directly to your Representatives and Senators will... Bright Blessings ~ Karen J. I read this proposed bill on Thomas’ the other day, and what struck me (in addition to all the specific points made above) was at the very end – Sec. 2, (j) which adds “Section 1333 (b) “Additional Requirements- The database under subsection (a) shall contain a substantially complete visual representation of all fashion designs that have been submitted for registration under this chapter…”

How does one create a searchable visual database?? And who’s going to pay for it? No fees to search – that’s in the bill, too.

Maybe that’s where we should look for that next job – the Patents and Copyrights IT Offices?

Here’s the Summary, which makes it sound innocuous enough:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:h.r.02196:

And here’s the actual language:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.2196:

I don’t know if “signing a petition” will help, but writing directly to your Representatives and Senators will…

Bright Blessings ~ Karen J.

]]> By: Alison Cummins http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/proposed-law-to-destroy-90-of-design-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-14172 Alison Cummins Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:05:59 +0000 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/?p=3884#comment-14172 Marketa, I followed your link and was struck by the commenter making a parallel with late-medeival sumptuary laws: only rich people may legally be fashionable. Ouch. Marketa, I followed your link and was struck by the commenter making a parallel with late-medeival sumptuary laws: only rich people may legally be fashionable.

Ouch.

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