[Jewelry making - Article 00629] - Re: [Orchid] When your work gets ripped....

[Augest]

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    "Caring" that someone has ripped off your ideas costs money, lots of
    it. It is up to you to financially defend your designs in court. If
    you win, great, you could probably recoupe your court costs as part
    of the judgement. If you lose, well...then your out even more money
    and the design is still stolen. Double edged sword, if you ask me. In
    my opinion, if you put something out there into the great beyond we
    call the world, it ceases to belong to you. Everything is recycled
    anyway. I worked for a manufacturer in NYC who regularly tore pages
    out of magazines and gave them to his factory rep from China
    saying,"Make me one of these." This is especially true for the
    fashion industry where the past is recycled on a regular basis. The
    present is as well. A design walks down the runway in Paris and
    eventually finds its way into your local retailer in a dumbed down,
    cost effective manner. My advice is, if you have lots of money than
    fight tooth and nail to preserve your original idea if it means that
    much to you. If you are like me, and don't have the money to help a
    lawyer buy that third sports car, or pay off his beach house, then
    say,"That's the way of it," and let it go. Who really benefits the
    most from lawsuits anyway? Hmmm...I guess you can figure out what I
    would say to that. 

Augest Derenthal
Cry Baby Designs
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