In fashion, you can copy just about any design. If I had the skills I could go buy an Armani suit, copy it's design exactly, and as long as I didn't use the Armani logo it would all be legal. Why can't you do this with books, movies, or music? Why can you do this with jokes, boardgames, and bluejeans? This 15-minute TED Talk video by Johanna Blakley (not to be confused with my favorite fashionista Michael Blakley) answers these questions, and discusses the implications.
Watch now, or download it on itunes. The itunes release date was 5/25/10.
no one copy a Michael Blakely design, that's for sure. patterns and stitching are way too complex
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ReplyDeleteGreat article Laura, and I love those Freakanomics guys.
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