Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Heralding the Perils of Counterfeits
From the Calgary Herald, Paula Arab explains why buying counterfeits is such a bad idea. Using a recent Calgary police raid that netted over 7,200 counterfeit items as a starting point, Arab relates how buying counterfeits and knock-offs costs consumers in both long-term quality and consumer safety, all the while encouraging social ills such as child labor, organized crime and gang violence. It is a well-written piece - check it out if you can.
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The issue of counterfeiting is both fascinating and worrying. The importance of articles such as the one you mention, and of websites like this, is that they increase consumer knowlege of counterfeiting. Most consumers are blissfully unaware that the brandname handbags that they are buying have been produced using child labour, or indeed that counterfeit medicines are finding their way into hospitals and pharmacies around the world. More information needs to be disseminated and we need to get-to-grips with this as a serious, life-threatening issue. I invite you to also check out www.notofakes.com, which also has a forum for airing views and imparting information on counterfeiting.
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