Bipartisanship in DC may have mostly gone the way of the dodo, but its good to know its still allive and well in at least one place. Stupidity:
THE movement by American designers to ban other companies from knocking off their work has gained some momentum since the idea was first introduced last year. At a news conference yesterday at the Fashion Institute of Technology, Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, talked about a bill proposing to extend copyright protection to fashion that had been introduced in the Senate last week, mirroring one that has been under consideration in the House since April 2006.
“Designers spend countless hours doing and redoing, testing, creating, thinking, and then some counterfeiter comes along and just takes it away,” said Mr. Schumer. “It’s stealing, plain and simple.”...Representative Jerrold L. Nadler, a Democrat who represents parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn, and a supporter of the House bill, summarized the difference: “Kate Winslet’s movies are protected from pirates. Kate Spade’s handbags are not.”
Its nice to know that someone, finally, after all these years, has the courage to stand up and defend little ol' Kate Spade. No doubt Mr. Nadler's constituents in Brooklyn will be proud.
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