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Really poorly done counterfeit goods are sort of hilarious.
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If a small designer finds themselves on the other side of the coin, and looking to sue a large corporation, again, who stands a better chance with the outcome, those with a team of copyright attorneys or the indie label?
I think some protective regulation is necessary to protect smaller designers- but it needs to be much more defined than this act, and not some "database" that each designer must exhaustively clear before producing a piece of clothing. Perhaps it's best to start it out regulating the designs of the most pirated items- handbags- and see where it goes from there.
06/18/09
The problem of access to justice occurs all across the legal spectrum. Whenever there's a little guy and a big guy, the little guy is going to be prevented from suing just out of convenience. Here at least they have a cause of action and can settle, as opposed to having no recourse at all.
06/18/09
Basically, these designers are not standing at their forms with a photo of something they plan on copying. Unless they are, in fact, copying it.
06/18/09
You're right, there is definitely inspiration in design. Designers can be inspired by each other or by places, art, etc. But some of these cases, including the ones Forever 21 keeps getting embroiled in are in fact copying. A designer is trying to shortcut their work and decides to just copy, piece by piece, something they see in a magazine, online, etc.
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Her response? She settled out of court, publicly apologized and removed the offending garment from the collection and from stores (which all leads me to believe someone on her design team was the actual offender).
She was wrong to steal in the first place, but at least she owned up to her own hypocrisy and made amends.
06/18/09
I would put the jacket in the latter category. I would put the "fake" motorcycle bag (which, I....owned) in the former category because it's an exact copy.
From what I have seen of the Forever 21 pieces, some are total knock-offs, but most I am okay with.
Fashion is art, and any artist will be inspired by countless things.
06/18/09
The second one... well that's basically a copy with different colors.
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03/20/09
then again, i'm not a fan of snobs in general...people who have to mention the brand of whatever they are carrying, or that their sweater is cashmere or their shoes are prada. who the f*ck cares? i certainly don't.
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I love sunglasses and love to buy the $5 in NYC. I bought a pair because it looked like they looked cute on me.
I was wearing them and a friend asks me "did you get those for the Gs on the sides?"
I was like, no I thought they were Cs, I just bought them because they were cute.
He was like "bitch, those are Gs...they are supposed to be Guccis"
I had absolutely no idea.