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S. 3728, The Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Prevention Act (3 comments ↓ | 4 wiki edits)
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S. 3728 would amend title 17, United States Code, to extend protection to fashion design.
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Gene
August 25, 2010, 1:46pm (report abuse)I can see lawyers lining up for this one.
Matt
August 27, 2010, 11:40am (report abuse)This bill is blatant monopoly rent-seeking by a few powerful fashion names. It would benefit established major players and give them an iron billy club to smash down any potential upstart competitors. It would benefit lawyers. It certainly wouldn't benefit the people.
How do you assign copyrights to any Joe Blow for designs which have been in the public domain for many decades? You simply cannot.
Fashion design and innovation has absolutely flourished in the US. No one can argue this point. It has done so BECAUSE of the lack of copyright litigation.
Kay Bailey Hutchison would not even reply to my inquiry about her co-sponsorship of this bill. She sent a canned reply about broadband and intellectual property in the internet age. I highly doubt she would even be willing let alone able to honestly debate the merits of her bill.
If this isn't a reason to vote KBH out of office I don't know what is. Her name is attached to so many bad bills it is absurd.
Rich
September 3, 2010, 10:00pm (report abuse)This bill has nothing to do with design piracy. It is about competition and how to eliminate it. The vague language ought to be enough to end fashion design as we know it. There is a limited vocabulary of design, as it is. Why? All fashion designers start with the same form, the human form.