On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:03:54 +0000 Neil C Smith <neilcsmith.net@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 13 February 2013 18:59, Al Thompson <althompson58@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 02/13/2013 09:52 AM, drew Roberts wrote: > >>> > >>>> Somehow fashion designers manage to make what seems to be decent money > >>>> designing original fashions even where they do not get copyright > >>>> protection for their fashion designs. > >>>> > > > > I haven't paid any attention to copyright as it has been applied to > > "fashions" or clothing, but a brief search gives thousands of hits of > > "counterfeit" purses and shoes coming out of China, which are then > > confiscated when they are found at various countries' port of entry. It > > would seem that somehow those fashions are copyrighted by the designer. > > > > That *may* have nothing to do with copyright as much as trademark law > and passing-off / fraud. > > Neil If you try to pass off a bag as being a Gucci you'll get jumped on. If you sell a bag in a similar style clearly marked Guppi you won't be bothered. The parallel would be, passing an exact copy of a CD as opposed to selling a cover of the same song. Unfortunately you're likely to get done for the cover. -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
