Johanna Blakely, the Deputy (Assistant) Director of the Norman Lear Center, a think tank at the USC Annenberg School for Communication, has a thought-provoking video comparing the immensely successful copyright-unfettered fashion industry with other – monetarily much less successful creative industries such as music, TV and movies, which are all in the middle of copyright wars. The presentation relates to the Lear Center’s Ready to Share landmark conference on Fashion & the Ownership of Creativity, which asks “whether the fashion industry offers a compelling model for other creative industries to explore and emulate.” 

Voices from the Web about this video are found at:

Slashdot –  The Fashion Industry As a Model For IP Reform

BoinbBoing – Why the absence of copyright is good for fashion