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Ao ler "Change to copyright laws threatens furniture makers and thousands of jobs" não perder de vista tantos e tantos sectores onde o mesmo fenómeno se aplica.

"Some of Britain’s leading furniture makers have claimed more than 6,000 British companies are under threat if the Government pushes ahead with controversial changes to copyright law.
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UK furniture manufacturing – a £7billion industry employing almost 100,000 people – has been put under pressure by Government plans to impose EU rules on the sector.
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Under the current law, furniture designed by famous names such as Charles Eames can be reproduced freely 25 years after being created.
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This allows makers across the UK to produce and sell replicas of well-known table and chair designs at affordable prices, a practice that accounts for a large part of the industry.
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But the Government plans to extend copyright protection for designs deemed ‘artistic’ until 70 years after the death of the creator.
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This will bring UK law into line with EU-wide regulations, and repeals a key part of the 1998 Copyright, Designs and Patents Act. The move puts furniture in the same category as musical scores or paintings, and would make selling or producing replicas illegal."

Este tipo de leis é um dos factores que mais contribui para atrasar a chegada de Mongo. Basta recordar o que aprendi com o mundo da moda e a inexistência de patentes em "O que acontece num mundo sem patentes". Um mundo sem patentes acelera a a diferenciação, a novidade, a criatividade.
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E por cá, qual terá sido o custo em postos de trabalho da aplicação desta legislação comunitária?