Who owns it?

I was inspired by Nike's World Cup promotional advertisement, "Write the Future."

So inspired that I found the music, Hocus Pocus by the progressive rock band Focus, and remixed some marketing video from the athletics department at Proctor Academy, a boarding school in Andover, NH.

I was in violation of copyright law when I pulled Focus's music off of YouTube onto my computer.

I was in violation of copyright law by using Proctor Academy's video.

I was in violation of copyright law for putting the two together.

I was in violation of copyright law for putting the result of my work back up on YouTube.

All true.

However if I were a fashion designer and I found an old jacket that inspired me, I would be free to make EXACT COPIES of the jacket, place my trademark on it, and then resell it as mine with NO ATTRIBUTION.

It seems that clothing, as well as cars, food and other items that are determined to be "utilitarian" are not copyright protected. There is patent protection and trademark protection, but no copyright protection. 

Take a look at this chart.

The industries on the left have low intellectual property protection, the industries on the right have high intellectual property protection.

Hmmm.

Here is the ten minute talk by Joanna Blakely that got me thinking.