Post by account_disabled on Mar 10, 2024 5:05:08 GMT -5
We never imagined that textile designs from thousands of years ago would become fashionable in the st century.
In different regions of Mexico, for example, fabrics with very striking colors are sold; Each region produces its own materials, such as fabrics, patterns, and even ancestral symbols.
All of this is part of a traditional textile culture of indigenous Mexicans, who through this art can express their identity and culture.
Textile tradition is seeping into contemporary design, and although it has gained ground, it has also caused a lot of controversy, as it has been pointed out as plagiarism.
Brands such as Louis Vuitton and Carolina France Mobile Number List Herrera have taken up these traditional patterns and have reflected them in their production lines.
Given this, the President of Mexico said that he would follow up on the case of plagiarism of the style of Mexican fabrics and fabrics that Carolina Herrera presented a few weeks ago.
In a statement about the situation, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said about the case: “it is unfortunate, since designs from the indigenous cultures of Mexico are constantly plagiarized. "It has already been reported on other occasions, but the Ministry of Culture is addressing it."
According to the Mexican Ministry of Culture, there is an accusation against the Carolina Herrera brand , for alleged plagiarism carried out in its new Resort 00 collection, inspired by “Mexican cultural wealth.”
However, given the controversy, criticism and warning from AMLO, nothing can be done legally.
Plagiarism of ancestral designs; there are no mechanisms to avoid it
Carlos Lara G, José Manuel Hermosillo and Juan Pablo Rojas from Article SC, a civil society that carries out strategic litigation in matters of culture and cultural rights, say that the legislation against plagiarism does not provide for prohibition, sanction or remuneration: "our Penal Code is not enough to constitute a crime when these cases occur outside the country and a new legal framework on the matter is necessary.”
«There is no mechanism through which the royalties demanded by the native communities can be collected, due to the difficulty in specifying the ownership of the rights over the designs in dispute; the territorial delimitation of the communities, ethnic groups and regions, or, because of how difficult it would be to have a mechanism through which we can reach a consensus with each community on a program or policy aimed at developing fair trade within Mexican popular art," he said. Carlos Lara G.