Actually, here is the latest bill that I can find that covers fashion
design protection:
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/s3523/text
And here is its discussion in Forbes:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/oliverherzfeld/2013/01/03/protecting-fashion-designs/
This bill was meant as a replacement for the 2006 one previously
referenced by me. As far as I understand, it still has not been enacted
by the Senate.
It turns out that EU and European countries provide better protection
for the fashion design:
http://www.cardozoaelj.com/2014/09/19/protecting-fashion-a-comparative-analysis-of-fashion-design-copyright-protection-in-the-u-s-and-europe/
That article discusses several other examples that might be of interest to
inquisitive minds.
Igor
On Sat, 31 Oct 2015, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
Mark: thanks, that's an interesting article.
Bob: I don't know how it works on your side of the pond, but in the US,
sculptures in a photo MAY BE and often ARE covered by copyright.
There have been several cases in the past decade or so.
See e.g. this case:
http://www.sculpture.org/documents/scmag05/may_05/webspecs/grant.shtml
It looks like it is different in Canada:
http://www.photoattorney.com/update-on-lawsuit-against-photographer-for-photo-of-sculpture/
If you read that second reference above, you'll see that you can photograph
and paint (on your own media! ;-) ) public buildings without copyright
infringements.
As for clothes, I know much less about that area.
There is much lower level of copyright protection in the fashion design (if
at all). You can read e.g. this document:
http://copyright.gov/docs/regstat072706.html
HTH,
Igor
Bob W-PDML Sat, 31 Oct 2015 11:38:41 -0700 wrote:
I can't see the difference between photographing someone with tattoos and
someone wearing clothes that someone else has designed, or a street
containing buildings and billboards, and tons of other shit that's copyright.
Sounds to me like a lawyer trying to drum up some spurious business.
B
On 31 Oct 2015, at 18:22, Mark Roberts <[email protected]> wrote:
Some interesting questions arise!
http://improvephotography.com/35091/copyright-nightmare-taking-photos-of-people-with-tattoos/
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