Comments on: Restricted Fabrics: Cutting against the grain of personal property http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2006/10/17/restricted_fabrics_cutting_against_the_grain_of_personal_property.html Musings of a techie lawyer Sun, 20 May 2012 19:16:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-bleeding By: Wendy http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2006/10/17/restricted_fabrics_cutting_against_the_grain_of_personal_property.html#comment-506 Wendy Wed, 18 Oct 2006 01:37:53 +0000 http://wendy.seltzer.org/wordpress/?p=369#comment-506 Careful Don, you're getting awfully close to Ringgold v. Black Entertainment Television (<a href="http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=2nd&navby=case&no=969329):" rel="nofollow">http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=2nd&navby=case&no=969329):</a> Defendant produced a television show in which a poster of a quilt was shown in the background for less than half a minute. Ringgold sued for copyright infringement ... and won. Careful Don, you’re getting awfully close to Ringgold v. Black Entertainment Television (http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=2nd&navby=case&no=969329): Defendant produced a television show in which a poster of a quilt was shown in the background for less than half a minute. Ringgold sued for copyright infringement … and won.

]]> By: Don Marti http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2006/10/17/restricted_fabrics_cutting_against_the_grain_of_personal_property.html#comment-505 Don Marti Tue, 17 Oct 2006 21:40:36 +0000 http://wendy.seltzer.org/wordpress/?p=369#comment-505 What if you make your own shirt from the copyrighted material, then wear it in a movie? What if you cover a pillow with it, then put the pillow on a bed at your bed and breakfast inn? What if you make a tie out of it and wear it when you're demoing your new software at a trade show? How can the motion picture, hospitality, and software industries continue to profit by stealing the creative work of fabric designers? What if you make your own shirt from the copyrighted material, then wear it in a movie? What if you cover a pillow with it, then put the pillow on a bed at your bed and breakfast inn? What if you make a tie out of it and wear it when you’re demoing your new software at a trade show?

How can the motion picture, hospitality, and software industries continue to profit by stealing the creative work of fabric designers?

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