The Fashion Industry As a Model For IP Reform

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday May 25, 2010 @08:12PM from the rip-mix-burn dept.

Scrameustache writes "In this 15-minute TED talk, Johanna Blakley addresses a subject alien to most here — fashion — but in a way sure to grab our attention. The lesson is about how the fashion industry's lack of copyright protection can teach other industries about what copyright means to innovation. And yes, she mentions open source software. There is one killer slide at 12:20 comparing the gross sales of low-IP-protection industries with those of films and books and music. If you want to know more, or if you prefer text, the Ready To Share project website should give you all the data you crave on the subject."

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Re:Umm, are you kidding? by Anonymous Coward · 2010-05-25 20:55 · Score: 5, Informative

Well, clearly you didn't watch the video.
They have interview clips with the young, creative fashion designers. As one such designer said of the mall store rip-offs: "Well, the mall customers are not our customers. It doesn't really matter."
Or something to that effect.