Johanna Blakley wants to challenge the notion that innovation depends on ownership--a basic premise behind copyright protection.  Blakley, Deputy Director of the Norman Lear Center at the University of Southern California, spends a lot of her time looking at the intersections between entertainment and "political, communication, and social habits."  And in researching the fashion world, she found a business sector that depends on innovation and creativity.  And she says a major reason innovation and creativity are so important is because there is no copyright protection.  Anybody can "steal" a design.  To be clear, The Watch is not a particularly fashion-conscious environment, so we'll have to take Blakley's word on what is hot and inventive.  But the notion that innovation does not depend on ownership is a provocative one, and timely in the digital age.  Here's Blakley at a recent Ted talk: