User:Fredy2012/sandbox

Wikipedia Project Proposal
I plan to make a page about fashion piracy and intellectual property law. This page will consist of the definition of fashion piracy, the description of Intellectual Property Law, and how media resources such as the internet have spread this all across the world. I've sparked interest in this topic because, it is something that no many people are aware of and not knowing are induced to purchase pirated designs.

Fashion Piracy and Intellectual Property Law
Fashion piracy is very profitable for designers who make knockoff copies because they meet the needs of consumers who cannot afford original designer prices.Fashion designers have a way of interacting with people through their creative and dazzling designs in clothing. Shoppers enjoy dressing with the trendiest outfits by being be up to date with fashion because every season brings new styles. However, these new and creative designs come at a very expensive price, driving many shoppers away from the original and seeking similar styles at more affordable prices. Shoppers purchase the knockoff copies because financially its a smart choice. While shoppers and some designers may benefit from piracy and knockoff copies, this has catastrophic affects economically and on the reputation of the original designer.

U.S Intellectual Property Law
The typical explanation for the Intellectual Property Law is, creating new books, films, songs, films etc. is expensive, but once the cool new thing is produced, copying is cheap (or in the case of copying done over the internet, free). Intellectual property law makes it illegal for one person to copy another person's creative ideas. It says that the law prohibits not only exact copies, but also any work that is "substantially similar" to a preexisting copyrighted work.

Benefits and Disadvantages
The benefits of fashion piracy is that people are able to purchase fashionable clothes at reasonable prices. However, this advantage is a disadvantage for the original designer because their merchandise does not get sold. Thus, fashion piracy is a benefit to some and a disadvantage to others both financially and reputation wise.

Feedback
Hey Fredy, I think this is a good idea for a page. I would say start fleshing it out a little more, and getting some more sources. Remember that almost everything should be backed up by a source, seeing as this is intended to be an objective encyclopedia entry, not an essay for a class. And a topic like this should have links to other pages. FOr example instead of trying to re-explain what intellectual property is, briefly describe how it relates, and have the work intellctual property linked to that page, for readers to find more information. Resources on Wikipedia markup to find how to make links ect can be found here: Help:Wiki markup Looks really good. Let me know if you have questions. -Angelica Atavel (talk) 00:57, 12 April 2013 (UTC)