Comments for article: Fashion Copyrighted

Comment by princess auguste

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:02:11 -0700

fashion should be copyright because no likes people to copy their hard work. image working long hours , nights and days writing your poetry, designing your clothes , painting that master piece or working on your new albumn? how would you feel if someone who had nothing to do if your hard work copied it and got praise for it too. come on it's wrong for someone else to copy another person's hard work no matter if the product cost $500. it's wrong . instead of copying other people's work peoople should focus on how to get the price from 500 to 20 if without copying. copying is stealing, cheating and morally wrong no matter what justification.

Comment by Bob Mortland

Sun, 01 Oct 2006 22:14:23 -0700

I like your take of this.. Thank you for your comment!!!!

Comment by Brad Couturier

Sun, 22 Oct 2006 08:33:11 -0700

I understand the points that Princess made, but I slightly disagree. I love fashion and anything dealing with style and/or fashion. Price does matter. I've discovered some of the best poetry ever from the prices off of a bookshelf. I've discovered some of the greatest items of clothing because of the price on the tag. If these fashion designers are so concerned with their "artwork" being copied, then why is it they are making a polo shirt cost $60? I can go buy what I feel is an equally stylish polo shirt for $20... Why wouldn't I? If it is truly artwork, they are going to want it out there and for people to enjoy... And not everyone can enjoy spending $60 for a single shirt. I'm in no way saying that copying, plagiarizing, stealing, etc. are fine to do. We would be no where today if we never copied a single thing that was ever done. How has communication evolved? How are we sitting here debating this issue? Through copying what one person started. It evolved. When we write poetry, we copy a certain form. When we design a pair of pants, we copy the idea of pants. Designers today are copiers. So, it's hard for me to sit and let them think that they should have copyrights. They are not making something completely individual like poets do. A poem is completely unique. Because in order to copy it, it would be the same exact piece of work. To copy a style isn't taking the same exact outfit and selling it cheaper. To copy a style is to take an idea and apply it to the designer's own tastes.