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From the Guardian story at https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/jul/29/buy-design-classic-now-about-to-rocket-in-price-copyright-law https://www.theguardian.c
by scholia 10y ago
From the Guardian story at https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/jul/29/buy-design-classic-now-about-to-rocket-in-price-copyright-law https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/jul/29/buy-design-cla...
"Take, for example, the famous Eames walnut and leather armchair with matching ottoman. The officially licensed and copyrighted producer, Vitra, sells them for £6,814 in John Lewis. Yet copies made in Chinese factories sell over the internet and in some stores for as little as £399."
Later:
"With an estimated 54 factories in China making Eames furniture alone, he [David Woods, a copyright laywer] predicts the closure of websites producing bargain basement, mass-produced copies of furniture, 'as after all, this was their business model'."