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Who are you wearing?
Shannon Nestor of Covington & Burling LLP argues that a comprehensive copyright amendment would head off inconclusive litigation in the fashion industry
Heard on every red carpet, reporters asked attendees this question countless times at the recent Oscar Awards on 8 March: ‘Who are you wearing?’1 While fashion critics pored over pictures of all the dresses worn by celebrities that night, some clothing manufacturers were frantically analysing the photographs of the big dresses of the night – and copying them for mass production. And, in the United States, all of that copying is legal.