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> Why does anyone think abolishing copyright is a good idea? Because entire industries, like fashion, have no intellectual property protection—and work just fi
by erichocean 5y ago
> Why does anyone think abolishing copyright is a good idea?
Because entire industries, like fashion, have no intellectual property protection—and work just fine. In fact, they're extremely wealthy industries, with very low costs for consumers.
- 908B64B197 5y agoWith R&D costs near 0.
- erichocean 5y agoWhen R&D costs are high, competition is minimal because it's so expensive to compete. Example: (patent-free) SpaceX
- alex_young 5y agoAren't design patents used to protect many fashion products?
- Meph504 5y agoThis isn't correct, the fashion industry uses a wide array or different IP protection methods, trademarks for specific colors, sketches of design can by copyrighted, you can then get a design patent to prevent others from creating fashions that resemble your sketch, designs on clothing can be protected by copyright, even textile design can be copyrighted. And as for the low cost to consumer, seizing and processing counterfeit goods cost consumers nearly $500 million a year in taxes to pay for law enforcement alone.
- shagie 5y agoAn example of a design patent issued to Yves Saint Laurent: https://www3.wipo.int/designdb/en/showData.jsp?ID=USID.D888373 https://www3.wipo.int/designdb/en/showData.jsp?ID=USID.D8883... The application guide: https://www.uspto.gov/patents/basics/types-patent-applications/design-patent-application-guide https://www.uspto.gov/patents/basics/types-patent-applicatio... And the Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_patent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_patent