Don't know if this has been passed around at all , but here's a great summary of the bill: http://www.apparelnews.net/news/manufacturing/120110-Proposed-Design-Piracy-Law-Moves-Forward/page1
Know that we have issues of bandwidth, etc, but think that this is something that should be on our radar more. On Dec 10, 2010, at 10:56 PM, Adi Kamdar wrote: > My suggestion would be to keep hitting up this list! > > -Adi > > > On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 9:22 PM, Lex <[email protected]> wrote: > No worries guys. I was in the same situation not too long ago. > > But, absolutely, Johanna Blakley's video talk about Lessons from Fashion's > Free Culture is hyper-relevant for FreeCulture.org, don't you think? > > As a start, you could circulate the video on your listservs, facebook groups, > and point to fashioncopyright.org or mention the Haute Couture Copyright Act > (that's how we are referring to it from now on). > > That's all for now. I understand y'all are busy. > > But, whom should I speak with in terms of coordinating efforts and strategy? > > > On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 1:09 AM, Adi Kamdar <[email protected]> wrote: > Beat me to it, Alex. Definitely watch that TED talk. > > And sorry for the lack of response. Finals have been bogging most of us down > recently! > > -Adi > > > > On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 7:58 PM, Alex Leavitt <[email protected]> wrote: > I'd definitely recommend reading Hemphill, S. C., & Suk, J. (2009b). The Law, > Culture, and Economics of Fashion. Stanford Law Review, 61. > And for a more general overview of the situation, Johanna Blakley's TED talk > is a must-watch, if you haven't already seen it: > http://www.ted.com/talks/johanna_blakley_lessons_from_fashion_s_free_culture.html > > Alex > > > > On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 7:52 PM, Ryan Prior <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 7:58 AM, Lex <[email protected]> wrote: > > Guys! > > > > What's wrong? I'm appalled that there is not even a single mention of > > fashion and copyright on the page of freeculture.org > > Lex, > > I feel badly that nobody replied today. I feel like I don't know the > first thing about fashion (I read The Sartorialist and Jezebel, but > don't feel that counts for anything =D) and I bet a lot of people on > this mailing list feel the same way. That being said, I'd be eager to > spread links to any thoughtful writers who are addressing the > intersection of fashion and copyright (presuming there are some?) and > I could certainly be persuaded to open lines of communication with my > state and federal government representatives. > > Thanks for bringing this to my attention... I share your apparent > dismay at not seeing more mention of this in Free Culture spaces, but > don't really know what I can do about it. Any further suggestions? > > Ryan > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss
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