THE SUMATRA COLLECTION
Shortly after the December tsunami, the Pottery Barn catalogue arrived, announcing the Sumatra collection. (The distinctive grain of naturally distressed hardwood...)
see http://ww1.potterybarn.com/cat/collections.cfm?type=coll&src=nulafurbedall%7Ccf042Crcollections&root=collections&pgid=p949&lid=16&gids=p949&cid=f042
It's not Pottery Barn's fault, they didn't cause the tsunami or control the timing. The catalogue copy does not wax on and on about colonial or native charms.
Yet PB's furniture line illustrates retailers' penchant for choosing place names as series, to capture diffuse qualities without paying copyright fees. And to the enduring attractions of the colonial aura. (The chests certainly aren't meant to convey indigenous appointments.)
Could places copyright their name and the associations with it?
see http://ww1.potterybarn.com/cat/collections.cfm?type=coll&src=nulafurbedall%7Ccf042Crcollections&root=collections&pgid=p949&lid=16&gids=p949&cid=f042
It's not Pottery Barn's fault, they didn't cause the tsunami or control the timing. The catalogue copy does not wax on and on about colonial or native charms.
Yet PB's furniture line illustrates retailers' penchant for choosing place names as series, to capture diffuse qualities without paying copyright fees. And to the enduring attractions of the colonial aura. (The chests certainly aren't meant to convey indigenous appointments.)
Could places copyright their name and the associations with it?
posted by ~AW at 3:14 PM
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