[Sizzler]

this reminds of all the back and forth my wife and women who collect depression glass (or anything else for that matter). Reproductions are becoming rampant. And with a piece of glass (or fiesta ware), if it uses the same mold or a mold taken from an original piece, is it any less desireable than an original...and if using the same mold, how do you tell (it's glass, glass is glass...)

On and on and on and on and round and round and round...

And twenty years from now, how will you tell if it's 20 years old or 40 years old?

If some one or company was foolish enough to sell off the molds or neglect to copyright the shape/design, than I can't work up too much sympathy for the people reproducing the old designs. Like keeping up the copyrights on books and movies and likenesses (how much did Elvis earn this year?).