Is a 2010 Vera Wang design* just 'a strapless dress with a ruffled skirt' or does it deserve copyright protection? What about Narciso Rodriguez's 1996 wedding dress*? (These * were wedding dresses for Chelsea Clinton and Caroline Bessette Kennedy.) Both designers sold less than 100 of these original dresses yet several international labels have made millions off these designs. An ABA Journal July 2011 article discusses copyright and the Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Prevention Act (IDPPPA), which is being supported in the U.S. Congress to prevent others from making money from designers' intellectual property.
Is it art or is it a craft? Something to think about the next time you admire that piece of apparrel.
Is it art or is it a craft? Something to think about the next time you admire that piece of apparrel.
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Cape Coral Homes. For the designers council, copyright protection has been a long time coming, and the act represents both a compromise and a triumph. For years the nonprofit trade organization has lobbied for the same intellectual property protection afforded authors, songwriters and painters. Why should fashion designers be treated differently?
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