Intellectual Property issues

I found this on Gwen Magee's blog again and am quite intrigued by these two sections:

"There is a greater possibility of theft and disputes concerning ownership
and use of IP than is the case with physical property. A physical object is stolen
only if its possession changes hands, whereas IP is deemed by law to be ‘stolen’
if without permission of its creator or owner, it is copied, imitated, adapted,
translated, displayed or used as an input or starting point for further inventive
or creative endeavour. It is even possible for IP to be considered stolen when it
is independently discovered or created! A forgery, counterfeit or pirated
version, even if better than the original, is theft, as it is based on stolen ideas,
expressions, concepts, or technologies."

 "Industrial design. An industrial design (or simply a design) is the
appearance of the whole or part of a product resulting from features of, in
particular, the lines, contours, colours, shape, texture and/or materials of the
product itself and/or its ornamentation. Industrial designs, as objects of IP,
can usually be protected for up to a maximum of 15 or 25 years.
Example: A new textile pattern, or the unique shape of a piece of
jewelry can be protected as designs."

And i would think that would apply to Dotee dolls---- and my photos IF they were downloaded indiscriminately.
 
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Comments

[kay susan]

I agree Arlee, but this is heavyweight stuff, isn't it?

Thanks for the link.

[Midge]

Intriguing stuff, m'dear. In this country, the IP in question has to be registered for copyright for those laws to apply. I found this out when researching for a comedian I used to work for when he wanted to create a board game. Apparently, too, like most of life, only those rich enough to be able to sue for breach of copyright on IP can get the law enforced and it is very difficult to prove.