The fact that counterfeits exist, and it takes more than the average person to tell the difference just shows how much these real products aren’t worth their price tag. You’re paying for a logo, it’s ridiculous.
Vice is obviously trying to associate counterfeit apparel with important items. The majority of counterfeit items aren't mechanical or medical products. They are apparel. Apparel companies charge outrageous amounts for their product, the average consumer of these high-end products will always want them but don't want to pay such ridiculous amounts. I didn't see a single police raid on this video where they took out counterfieters making important items like medicine or mechanical items. This documentary is such propaganda for the benefit of major apparel companies.
But the problem is the counterfeiting rings producing clothing are often the same ones producing fake medicine. As they said in the documentary, these rings use the funds from the basic "harmless" stuff to fund their other criminal activity.
Lol haha yea they dont arrest big corporations. It's funny that a few worst criminals are mostly in governments , pharma, corporations etc. But will never get arrested. Because you know when they blow up innocent people they dont consider that as terrorism.
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I think that the excessive profit margins of the original goods do encourage and contribute to the counterfeiting.
They’re excessive because they have a name brand. They’re luxury for a reason and they worked for their reputation. While the high price tags may encourage counterfeiting, that doesn’t make counterfeiting any less acceptable.
That *very* much oversimplification. Brand name products have to abide by various laws and standards, they have to answer to their customers, etc. Overall they in most cases have put a lot of work into their products and maintaining their brand. Most goods in market work with relatively small profit margins.
counterfeits get into the supply chain in other ways, maybe the dealer working on your car puts them on and pockets the price difference, or maybe they're swapped by someone during shipping and the real ones are sold online.
@@breadman32398 I want what your smoking. I'm trying to picture a Ferrari dealer who is willing to risk the lives of his wealthy customers to make a (relatively) small gain with fake breaks, the second scenario u described literally is only an intro scene for a Nicholas cage film, not reality. Consumers usually order online knowing they are fakes or not, and thinking they are getting a great deal.
They’re also helping people from getting scam. Some counterfeiters charge buyers the “real” price for a counterfeit item and people are not as smart as u think, that’s why these law need to exist. It’s not about the companies, they couldn’t care less unless they’re losing profit.
I think there's an argument for luxury goods like handbags where the high prices is attached to designer names, but for brake calipers and contact lenses (sticking to examples from the video) I think the high prices are paying for actual research and development.
You would not realise who's the scammer until you have your own product that you have spent a lot of time, money, thought , testing, researching and then someone cut all that off and make a knock off it and sell it for have the price.
It's a real product it / the fakes actually promote the real items but it takes jobs away from some people here in America. Also the paint could be toxic or some one could be exploited to make it
well, there are some good reasons to pay to buy the real thing. Mostly to support businesses in your country. I wouldn't want my money to go to China as opposed to the smaller businesses that make them domestically. Especially on non-essential luxury goods.
@@fabiangonzalez-cortes8894 but all the small businesses make their money by sell you the same chines product at a huge mark up in my country its normal if you pay 2 dollar for the item in china you will sell them for 20-25 dollar in retail. we live in a world where there are more people they sell you stuff then make the stuff an example of that is i was to a job interview today and ask how many are working here there was about 30 people on the workline out of a total of 65 people. so 30 workers make what they sell. in my old job i did make tabels on my workstation i was able to get about one item troue pr minut but my salary was what corresponds to the sale of 1 table but I made about 2200 every week
This starts by saying how dangerous counterfeit items could be like medicine, brake parts, etc. and then proceed to show the government raiding people selling affordable shoes and clothes that can make people feel better about themselves. WHY DONT THE COPS GO AFTER THE DANGEROUS COUNTERFEIT GOODS?
Companies all have a hand in politics and thus law enforcement. Companies hate to lose money, so they’re helping elect politicians who will have law enforcement go after things like this. Their interest in counterfeit medications is just due to big pharma and not out of concern to citizens, I’m sure.
every fake product is dangerous for the customers. fake shoes and clothing aren't regulated in any way so they contain lots of harmful chemicals, like for example lead. wearing them puts people at serious risk. counterfeit industry due to being illegal isn't regulated in any way so the products can contain any imaginable harmful material and be made with slave labor. romanticising fakes just because genuine brands aren't 100% ethical is just stupid and wrong. if you don't want to support genuine brands, spend your money on something thrifted or handmade.
The cops probably do go after the sellers of counterfeit products other than apparel, it just doesn’t show as well for these kinds of stories. When most people think about counterfeits they think about buying fake Louis Vuitton bags, Rolex watches and Nike sneakers out of little mom and pop stores in a big city not ordering Fake Ferrari brake calipers or fake Square D circuit breakers off of some e-commerce website
Also if the cops want an easy score that makes it look like they’re actually doing their job it’s easier to go after the small brick and mortar stores selling apparel versus trying to track down and raid a distribution warehouse for an e-commerce seller that specializes in parts for exotic cars
You mention counterfeit medicine, pesticides and lenses. You briefly shows the horrible damage these can have. But what does this video mostly focus on? Shoes. Articles of clothing. Bags. You say counterfeit isn't a victimless crime, yet, only show the victimless portion of counterfeits. No one sheds a tear because Nike lost out on a few customers.
100% right I love this comment, I don’t see counterfeiting as that bad as long as the type product being faked won’t be harmful and the company is big enough to where they still make a massive profit. Things like fake medicine, chemicals, and car parts are obviously some of the more darker sides to the business but if your faking clothes and bags and stuff like that I don’t see it as bad normal people have to eat too and a lot of business have had success from being ruthless I say stick it to them and have normal people too. I know it will always be illegal but to be quite honest it’s a necessary evil that balances things out in a way kind of like the ying and the yang
Pretty much. This should have focused on the harmful, direct affect on people side of counterfeiting, and even when it focuses on the corporation side of it, focus on how small businesses and startups are being hurt, both of those will illicit some sympathy and concern from regular people. No one care if Nike and Ferrari lose money from counterfeit products.
They did use the Charlie Hebdo shooting/terrorist attack as an example where the trading of counterfeit clothing helped fund the attack. Something like this with actual deaths would be very rare but in the bigger picture its still helping crime organisations, who still make millions of victims ultimately.
Fr like if it’s for clothes or if it’s something that’s not dangerous then make them buy it. The only thing Im against is if it’s batteries, electrical, and medicine
So what's the point of a company spending time, money, resources and filing patents ect, for someone else steal and copy the design. They might aswell wait for some other mug to do it and just copy there's. They've save fucking millions.
I agree that counterfeiting is BAD, but when the supposed 'GOOD GUYS' are also BAD in sometimes WORSE and MORE DETRIMENTAL ways than the other 'BAD' guys they're fighting against, you have a really bad situation.
I agree, as long as there's no safety concern I'm neutral on the topic, obviously with the calipers and pesticides fakers are the bad ones because they're unsafe.
counterfeit clothing shouldn't be illegal as it has no harm but to the companies who are still racking in millions anyways. However when it comes to food, technology etc it should be way more strict as it can have a fatal impact.
lol there argument was that the money made from selling fake products is being used for terrorism. What a joke. And if a terrorist was working for a corporate company, do we blame the company for giving him money??
@@alexcode22 ye they probably have a team to find a good media headline to have some sort impact to get more political power and pressure to stop counterfeit clothing*
It still has harm. Not paying taxes is legit one. You could say you wouldn't buy at all if there were no fakes, but in reality you would spend money legally elsewhere,
In that case, the concern isn't really about counterfeiting though. It's about safety and labelling requirements. If someone is selling a battery pack that's going to explode, it should be illegal no matter what logo they put on it.
You’re selling intellectual property that’s not yours. How would you feel if someone took your great idea and pretended it was theirs and sold it without your permission
@@jourdainsolis808 if my intellectual property created a multi-billion dollar empire like Nike has, street vendors making a living wouldn't bother me at all.
5:50 tells you all you need to know about why thy are doing this. Untaxed goods, it has nothing to do with keeping us safe from fake Ferrari brake calipers.
@@ant9072 false, making a trashy, poor quality design and putting a Nike emblem on it would be stealing intellectual property. Making an identical replica is literally just making a copy, as Nike still owns the IP.
5:18 Error here: Japan is erroneously on the list of major producers of counterfeit goods, when the truth is Japan is a destination point, due to the fact that it is not profitable to produce counterfeit items there, hence why counterfeit items are imported.
This is what happens when a company like Nike over charges for their shoes and limits the production. Many would buy retail but none are available and the after market prices are insane.
@@tlatimes9251 Yeah...and who in this world messes with someone who's 'off brand'? Image is the issue. You can not buy it but if not buying it denies you an aspect of living due to social pressure, is there a reason for it?
BigBlack81 What social pressure? You’re just obsessed with logos and branding more than the actual item. There are many affordable decent stuff, just generic ones without the logos, but obviously people are too obsessed with looking rich when they actually aren’t.
Took me like 4 months to find a suitable bootleg pair of Louboutins for my niece's senior prom. No way I was gonna pay a G for some damn shoes, but I pulled it off for $400 and none of her friends knew the wiser! Was the queen of the night and my Best Uncle status was solidified forever!
May be if your products are cheap enough for everyone to be able to afford them, there wouldn't be any counterfeit These greedy corporations products are too expensive.
Quality goods cost money. There is no excuse to steal another brand. Nobody is forced to buy $200 Nike shoes. You can buy very similar non-brand shoes for $30. Cheap shoe maker can sell cheap shoes but he cant put a Nike brand on it. Theres no excuse for thievery like this.
@45 fottuto stronzo BS. Theres 2 sides to this. There are many western brands of high quality like Versace, Gucci etc that are made from quality materials and many are made in western countries with high wages. Then theres the plastic nike shoes that are really no better than non-branded shoes, but even so, the materials used are usually better quality in original branded products. Either way, you're still a thief and a scumbag for stealing other people's IP and brand and theres no excuse for it. You're also helping the slave trade.
I've seen a lot of videos about how great counterfeit Swiss watches have become, but any collector/dealer can still pick one up and tell within a minute.
The moment you open the case it will be obvious if you're familiar with watches..you can't fake precision machining and construction. This is like trying to fake an iphone or computer.. The dial may or may not be more precise in terms of how it's replicated but the movement can't be faked.. You're not going to fake a tourbillion.. It's just too intricate to be produced without real cost
Itll take about 2 years and thats done as well. They're copying the entire movements as well now. It's down to the level of machining and decorating of the movement until itll be indistinguishable
So basically 98% of people can’t tell the difference yet some are worth a few dollars while others are worth thousands. That should tell you something.
If the government is so upset their missing out on taxes and "cant" make communities better because of the loss i'm sure the over paid politicians wouldnt mind taking a pay cut
if they're made with same materials in the same factory, it's literally real. it's just being not being sold under the license of a huge, massive corporation.
I was about to buy some shoes at a foot locker until I saw the price tag of 180$. Counterfeit apparel is not bad in my opinion. Many people look down upon buying and wearing counterfeit apparel, but honestly I rather not be taken advantage of.
Yeah you're dead wrong about counterfeit fashion items. The only reason the market for fake apparel exists is because the original makers don't make enough or criminally overcharge for their brand name.
All creativity is derivative. "It takes a thousand men to invent a telegraph, or a steam engine, or a phonograph, or a photograph, or a telephone or any other important thing-and the last man gets the credit and we forget the others. He added his little mite - that is all he did. These object lessons should teach us that ninety-nine parts of all things that proceed from the intellect are plagiarisms, pure and simple; and the lesson ought to make us modest. But nothing can do that." - Mark Twain
Of course some counterfeiting can be dangerous and the money can sometimes go into the pockets of serious criminals. But mostly, counterfeit goods are an important part of working class life around the world, weather that’s the Chinese lady selling goods at a market and making a living or the guy buying who can’t afford luxury clothes and still wants to look nice. I’m sick of big corporations doing so well and whenever the ‘small people’ find something that works for both parties it’s shut down.
Of course counterfeit car brakes, batteries, medicine, hygiene products etc, anything that involves safety are really bad. But high end, well built counterfeit premium watches, 99% alike shoes etc are kinda nice. Even some counterfeit brands have better reputation than the real deal.
the funny thing is most of the “premium” stuff isn’t high quality. sometimes even the counterfeits are manufactured in the same factory by the same exploited workers.
Eyasu Legesse if by “nice things”, you mean stolen brand image and logos, then yes they don’t want poor people to have them, they have generics for a reason.
You’re acting like poorer neighborhoods aren’t chock full of fake goods due to the lower price point. In NY I used to see people selling counterfeit tires and car parts.
The best way to end counterfeiting is for legitimate companies to lower their crazy profit margins and sell at a reasonable price. Meaning not hundreds of times more than their production cost. People generally buy counterfeits of big brand names because they charge crazy amounts for the "perceived brand value" Which is perfect for counterfeiting....because a lot of people simply want something that will be "perceived" by most as valuable
@@nicholashadinata4571 I don't believe in IP rights lol I don't think people should be able to patent ideas and sell them for huge amounts of money. Especially when it comes to food and medicine. It's crazy that we have allowed humans to patent things we all need to live.
Changed my mind about knockoffs when holidaying in Vietnam and Thailand years ago, when I found out how much it costs to actually make genuine shoes etc - nearly the same price as knockoffs. Not paying full price for shoes and clothes again.
If the billionaires lowered their ridiculous prices, and paid their essential workers in China a little better, I'm sure the problem would be halved at least.
Counterfeit shoes are awesome though. It allows people who are poor and working class to enjoy a nice pair of shoes at a reasonable price. Nike already makes Billions a year, do they really need more?
@@uioplkhj no. they're usually regular factory workers lmfaooo. these counterfeits are made in the same factory as the originals. the quality is higher. i acknowledge that they are usually higher quality, but not for the price they try to sell at.
It's bad for sure, but when a company is too aggressive in pricing their goods it becomes necessary evil. To counter this problem companies should price goods honesty, I know brand name carries weightage and in addition it also creates its own hype, when one cannot afford it counterfeits is the way to satisfy their desires (solely clothing industry) .
I understand the issue within counterfeit medicines but with shoes and apparel?. Vice this video should have been focused on fake drugs and mechanical products not pieces of clothing
Counterfeit medicines ≠ Counterfeit apparel in terms of safety. It's nice seeing these clowns try to bundle up ALL counterfeiting as bad when we all know the apparel companies charge $100+ for something that costs $20 to produce and ship
Not all counterfeit medicines are actually fake: Sometimes it's just grey-market imports. That happens a lot between the US and Canada - because of the obscene prices that pharmaceutical companies can charge American customers for essential drugs, some people turn to shady companies that just buy the drugs in Canada and then import them in the US - illegally, because those imports are not FDA certified. If your choice is between paying $200 a week for insulin through legal channels and $30 a week for dodgy internet insulin that is /probably/ the real thing... some people just can't afford the $200. They just have to take the risk and hope they aren't being scammed.
I always prefer to buy an original product that fit in my budget than a counterfeit of an expensive product. Like I bought a really good Omega wristwatch than a fake Rolex.
I can get airpods with a fake serial number that works on apple for $4. Newest version is $8. A different box and no serial number goes for $2. Not in bulk. So many perfect knock offs with certain products. Others products don't work nearly as well. I spend most my time in Vietnam and Shenzhen. I got so many fake airpods and nike shoes. I just give them away to people I meet often. This has to do with the products made in countries with a cheap labor force. If you want to produce products for the cheapest cost, you will get counterfeit's that are just as good as your product.
"The Charlie Hebdo attackers funded their purchase of (some guns) with selling sneakers." Does this lady really expect us to buy that connection? If someone is motivated to commit violence they can work at a supermarket to afford the tools. If they sold sneakers or didn't sell sneakers... there is zero relationship. Editorially speaking, that should have been cut from the final edit of this video. That is preposterous.
When the cost of the product is not worth what it is but how much they can get away with ripping you off obviously people will go for piracy and counterfeit.......😒😒😒😒🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🤔🤔
I understand that unauthorized/counterfeit goods are bad, on the economic big corporate side of things...however, those counterfeit shoes maybe all poor people can afford. Isn’t a shoe a shoe?
The book Gommorah by Roberto Saviano explains well how Italian fashion brands are not too concerned by counterfeiting, and in most cases they encourage it. The same type of sweatshops that produce the official garments/items will produce the counterfeit ones. The only real difference is which factory won the contract with the fashion house to produce the item fastest and cheapest. Those that didn't win the contract will go on to produce the items at the same standard for the black market. Having the designs available at an affordable price, available and visible at street markets is regarded as advertising and keeps the brand in public eye and aspirational.
The lady at the end talking about Taxes doesn't understand anything about taxes or money. All federal Tax goes to pay for war and the interest on the national debt. Government debt can never be payed off because all money is debt. Corporations have just hired Governments to protect their profits. Counterfeiting will continue as long as there are customers. I've never bought anything counterfit. Thanks.
The correct word for selling unlicensed goods isn’t “counterfeiting”. That term only applies to the Federal Reserve when it prints billions of electronic dollars without permission. In the case of attempting to pass-off a product as original, the correct term is “copying”. But the government doesn’t want to use the word “copy” because it’s usually OK to copy. You can copy a recipe, or make a photocopy, or you can be a copy-cat. But the copyright attorneys now claim that entire collections of things can be copyrighted. Such as a girl’s outfit. So they place ads in fashion magazines which say “steal this look” as if emulating anything is a crime. Those copyright attorneys actually want any form of emulation to be illegal. So in the future, when your daughter gets dressed, she’ll be inspected by a camera to confirm that she has copyright permission for her green shoes to go with her blue dress. Do you think that I’m joking? I’m not.
@15:30 this is how seriously Chinese law takes counterfeiting. The guy who's job it is to combat counterfeiting see's a woman openly selling counterfeit products and she tells him to "stop messing around" if isn't going to buy something. All he can do is say "Ok, Ok" and slowly walk away. He is no different than a police officer in country that has no laws. All he can do is sit back and watch as people do whatever they want.
*US makes counterfeit Indian and Pakistani basmati rise called Texmati and still produces it.* When bioprospectors draw on indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants which is later patented by medical companies without recognizing the fact that the knowledge is not new or invented by the patenter, this deprives the indigenous community of their potential rights to the commercial product derived from the technology that they themselves had developed. Examples include periwinkle of Madagascar, Neem of India and Nepal, turmeric of India, hoodia, bitter gourd, etc...
There is no good nor bad, either counterfeiting or original, as long that it's safe, but sometimes those original one charge insane values for thier goods that dont worth it just because they are the only one that sell (monopoly), but when you get a A+ quality in counterfeiting items and for 1/2 the prices why not ?
At the end of the day they only are doing something about this for one reason and one reason only, to say it is for public safety is complete garbage they are only doing this because they are losing out on that sweet sweet tax revenue
What happens to the items after a raid? It's not like stolen goods that can be returned. Do they sit in evidence for years and years, do they get dumped to a landfill, do they get donated to those in need, do the police sell it and keep all proceeds?
They are all destroyed once the case is over and they are no longer needed as evidence. They can't be sold or even given away. Even the ones that don't pose any safety concern, like clothing, is still not authorised by the trademark holder - if the police were to give away a container full of counterfeit Nike trainers, that would drive the value of the real product down. Nike would immediately sue the police. And rightfully so as far as the law is concerned: Selling counterfeits is a crime, even for law enforcement. Sometimes the manufacturers even destroy their own legal product to maintain prices. That happened a lot in 2020, because of the pandemic launching a surprise recession on the world - with so many people fearing for their jobs, no-one wanted to buy luxury clothing. But to sell it off cheap would devalue the brand. That is, if just anyone can afford a Gucci bag, then who would want one? The whole point is that's it's an exclusive good, a status symbol. So excess stock just had to be shredded. The goods are always destroyed before landfill, to make sure that no-one in the waste disposal chain might fish them out. Usually that just means throwing them in an industrial shredder. Occasionally a big public event will be made of it with camera crews invited.
Counterfeit shoes are what I want though. Most of the real Jordans are expensive as hell. Buy a good quality counterfeit for the original price of $120,$160, whatever it may be, and people don’t see the difference unless they take a really close look.
Kinda funny given that you can go to Canal St in NYC right now and see thousands of bags out in the open in the late afternoons/early evenings and not a single “crackdown” is happening.
Reporter: "Counterfeits are more than apparel. It's serious stuff like drugs, pesticides, children's toys."
Cops: "Raid the sneaker guy."
extremely on point !!
The fact that counterfeits exist, and it takes more than the average person to tell the difference just shows how much these real products aren’t worth their price tag. You’re paying for a logo, it’s ridiculous.
Pretty much.
Then don't buy products from brands
@@incorrectstuffthingy5647 I guess I missed the part of my comment where I said I did
@@incorrectstuffthingy5647 Clearly you didn’t read the entire comment bozo
@@incorrectstuffthingy5647 What? How could one have not thought of that. Thank you for helping! 🤯 Oh sorry 🤡
I mean, there's a pretty big difference between counterfeit medicine or pesticides and handbags or jeans in terms of actual harm done.
Vice is obviously trying to associate counterfeit apparel with important items. The majority of counterfeit items aren't mechanical or medical products. They are apparel. Apparel companies charge outrageous amounts for their product, the average consumer of these high-end products will always want them but don't want to pay such ridiculous amounts. I didn't see a single police raid on this video where they took out counterfieters making important items like medicine or mechanical items. This documentary is such propaganda for the benefit of major apparel companies.
But the problem is the counterfeiting rings producing clothing are often the same ones producing fake medicine. As they said in the documentary, these rings use the funds from the basic "harmless" stuff to fund their other criminal activity.
yes and no, because the chemicals used to make handbags and jeans could cause long term health issues
This doc is really trying to conflate them. As if buying fake pills and fake shoes are on the same level.
@@nootboot9744 if you’re out there buying fake meds, that’s kind of on you.
Let’s see them hold Amazon accountable for bringing so much into the USA
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I found it a little confusing why The City of London Police were raiding shops in Manchester...
eBay too it's loaded w c goods
Ha! When pigs fly
Lol haha yea they dont arrest big corporations. It's funny that a few worst criminals are mostly in governments , pharma, corporations etc. But will never get arrested. Because you know when they blow up innocent people they dont consider that as terrorism.
I think that the excessive profit margins of the original goods do encourage and contribute to the counterfeiting.
Counterfeit products undercut the original products no matter the price point. Brand names earned their price tag, fake products have not.
I think as long as the counterfeit isn’t harmful to the user, like luxury bag, it is somewhat acceptable.
@@InvisiMan2006 aaaaa......WRONG
They’re excessive because they have a name brand. They’re luxury for a reason and they worked for their reputation. While the high price tags may encourage counterfeiting, that doesn’t make counterfeiting any less acceptable.
That *very* much oversimplification. Brand name products have to abide by various laws and standards, they have to answer to their customers, etc. Overall they in most cases have put a lot of work into their products and maintaining their brand. Most goods in market work with relatively small profit margins.
The police actually feel like heroes. Like the average citizen will sleep better at night knowing that they can now only by overpriced sneakers.
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Good ole fashion police, protecting corporate bottom line over making things affordable for the average consumer.
Only buy or by???
Didn't you hear the one cop? They are not paying taxes so we have to spend millions of dollars to go after them
Might be over priced for you but its like they say "you yet what you pay for" and all this chines copies of everything falls apart so....
If you can afford to drive a ferrari, you can afford the brakes.
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Alot of people can't afford ferraris yet still buy them for the status
counterfeits get into the supply chain in other ways, maybe the dealer working on your car puts them on and pockets the price difference, or maybe they're swapped by someone during shipping and the real ones are sold online.
@@breadman32398 I want what your smoking. I'm trying to picture a Ferrari dealer who is willing to risk the lives of his wealthy customers to make a (relatively) small gain with fake breaks, the second scenario u described literally is only an intro scene for a Nicholas cage film, not reality. Consumers usually order online knowing they are fakes or not, and thinking they are getting a great deal.
@@curiodyssey3867 maybe their brakes will fail them because their stupid
I’m so glad they are helping multi billion dollar companies from such a horrific crime , thank you law enforcement you do so much for us
They make it sound like destroying the soil with fake pesticides and wearing a fake t shirt are the exact same problem lol
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So much better than catching the real crooks out there 😊
They’re also helping people from getting scam. Some counterfeiters charge buyers the “real” price for a counterfeit item and people are not as smart as u think, that’s why these law need to exist. It’s not about the companies, they couldn’t care less unless they’re losing profit.
right? they act like they're helping us out. we WANT counterfeits.
When the off-brand is higher quality than the counterfit
Welcome to collecting Nike sneakers@ Just happy this wasn't a USA based doc lmao
safe for another year with replicas
What?
@@wfpbwfpb he's saying he sells fake shoes bro like a scumbag.
nike: expensive trash
fake nike: cheap trash
@@plantdaddy7738 pour one out for my boy Tony
If the counterfeit version of something is almost indistinguishable from the "real" product does that make the real product a scam price?
I think there's an argument for luxury goods like handbags where the high prices is attached to designer names, but for brake calipers and contact lenses (sticking to examples from the video) I think the high prices are paying for actual research and development.
You would not realise who's the scammer until you have your own product that you have spent a lot of time, money, thought , testing, researching and then someone cut all that off and make a knock off it and sell it for have the price.
YES.
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It's a real product it / the fakes actually promote the real items but it takes jobs away from some people here in America. Also the paint could be toxic or some one could be exploited to make it
If a product can have a knock off that’s nearly indistinguishable, then you’re paying a sucker fee for the real deal.
Cough* airpods cough
well, there are some good reasons to pay to buy the real thing. Mostly to support businesses in your country. I wouldn't want my money to go to China as opposed to the smaller businesses that make them domestically. Especially on non-essential luxury goods.
The knock off is usually the same thing. You think the factory were they make the real thing stops producing when the made the full order?
@@fabiangonzalez-cortes8894 but all the small businesses make their money by sell you the same chines product at a huge mark up in my country its normal if you pay 2 dollar for the item in china you will sell them for 20-25 dollar in retail. we live in a world where there are more people they sell you stuff then make the stuff an example of that is i was to a job interview today and ask how many are working here there was about 30 people on the workline out of a total of 65 people. so 30 workers make what they sell. in my old job i did make tabels on my workstation i was able to get about one item troue pr minut but my salary was what corresponds to the sale of 1 table but I made about 2200 every week
If it’s fake. Say bye bye to tomorrow :)
Really, Vice? Equating counterfeit brake callipers to counterfeit handbags as if there's no difference?
How did the claim there is no diffrence?
When did they claim they’re the same at all? Quote it.
Joe Coles are you wearing counterfeit clothing?
@@tomlesnar6453 hell yea i am. if i can look fresh for a fraction of the price why wouldn’t i
This starts by saying how dangerous counterfeit items could be like medicine, brake parts, etc. and then proceed to show the government raiding people selling affordable shoes and clothes that can make people feel better about themselves. WHY DONT THE COPS GO AFTER THE DANGEROUS COUNTERFEIT GOODS?
exactly like i doubt they'll show the markets in china that are selling them there not criminals just regular people
Companies all have a hand in politics and thus law enforcement. Companies hate to lose money, so they’re helping elect politicians who will have law enforcement go after things like this. Their interest in counterfeit medications is just due to big pharma and not out of concern to citizens, I’m sure.
every fake product is dangerous for the customers. fake shoes and clothing aren't regulated in any way so they contain lots of harmful chemicals, like for example lead. wearing them puts people at serious risk. counterfeit industry due to being illegal isn't regulated in any way so the products can contain any imaginable harmful material and be made with slave labor. romanticising fakes just because genuine brands aren't 100% ethical is just stupid and wrong. if you don't want to support genuine brands, spend your money on something thrifted or handmade.
The cops probably do go after the sellers of counterfeit products other than apparel, it just doesn’t show as well for these kinds of stories. When most people think about counterfeits they think about buying fake Louis Vuitton bags, Rolex watches and Nike sneakers out of little mom and pop stores in a big city not ordering Fake Ferrari brake calipers or fake Square D circuit breakers off of some e-commerce website
Also if the cops want an easy score that makes it look like they’re actually doing their job it’s easier to go after the small brick and mortar stores selling apparel versus trying to track down and raid a distribution warehouse for an e-commerce seller that specializes in parts for exotic cars
You mention counterfeit medicine, pesticides and lenses. You briefly shows the horrible damage these can have. But what does this video mostly focus on?
Shoes. Articles of clothing. Bags.
You say counterfeit isn't a victimless crime, yet, only show the victimless portion of counterfeits.
No one sheds a tear because Nike lost out on a few customers.
100% right I love this comment, I don’t see counterfeiting as that bad as long as the type product being faked won’t be harmful and the company is big enough to where they still make a massive profit. Things like fake medicine, chemicals, and car parts are obviously some of the more darker sides to the business but if your faking clothes and bags and stuff like that I don’t see it as bad normal people have to eat too and a lot of business have had success from being ruthless I say stick it to them and have normal people too. I know it will always be illegal but to be quite honest it’s a necessary evil that balances things out in a way kind of like the ying and the yang
Pretty much. This should have focused on the harmful, direct affect on people side of counterfeiting, and even when it focuses on the corporation side of it, focus on how small businesses and startups are being hurt, both of those will illicit some sympathy and concern from regular people. No one care if Nike and Ferrari lose money from counterfeit products.
They did use the Charlie Hebdo shooting/terrorist attack as an example where the trading of counterfeit clothing helped fund the attack. Something like this with actual deaths would be very rare but in the bigger picture its still helping crime organisations, who still make millions of victims ultimately.
Exactly, quite misleading
r/FASHIONREPS ON REDDIT
If people wanna pay for cheap fake clothes then why not !? Lol it’s the batteries and electrical counterfeit that scares me
@@Skylord12345 apple is the expert to ask when it comes to this lol
Fr like if it’s for clothes or if it’s something that’s not dangerous then make them buy it. The only thing Im against is if it’s batteries, electrical, and medicine
So what's the point of a company spending time, money, resources and filing patents ect, for someone else steal and copy the design. They might aswell wait for some other mug to do it and just copy there's. They've save fucking millions.
True statement they make it so expensive, only rich people can buy it to counterfeit is for poor people im against the medicine and electronic stuff
I’m going to need them to have this energy with human trafficking, murder, an rapist.
Nah bruh, we can't let people get away with a fake fucking sneaker 😐
Note: pls hint at my sarcasm
Corporations pay politicians to create and enforce these laws. No one pays to have murderers and rapists caught.
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I agree that counterfeiting is BAD, but when the supposed 'GOOD GUYS' are also BAD in sometimes WORSE and MORE DETRIMENTAL ways than the other 'BAD' guys they're fighting against, you have a really bad situation.
I agree, as long as there's no safety concern I'm neutral on the topic, obviously with the calipers and pesticides fakers are the bad ones because they're unsafe.
"city of london police"
The enemy of my enemy is my friend...
counterfeit clothing shouldn't be illegal as it has no harm but to the companies who are still racking in millions anyways. However when it comes to food, technology etc it should be way more strict as it can have a fatal impact.
lol there argument was that the money made from selling fake products is being used for terrorism. What a joke. And if a terrorist was working for a corporate company, do we blame the company for giving him money??
@@alexcode22 ye they probably have a team to find a good media headline to have some sort impact to get more political power and pressure to stop counterfeit clothing*
It still has harm. Not paying taxes is legit one. You could say you wouldn't buy at all if there were no fakes, but in reality you would spend money legally elsewhere,
In that case, the concern isn't really about counterfeiting though. It's about safety and labelling requirements.
If someone is selling a battery pack that's going to explode, it should be illegal no matter what logo they put on it.
You win most ignorant comment
imagine getting treated like a dangerous drug dealer for selling shoes lol
You’re selling intellectual property that’s not yours. How would you feel if someone took your great idea and pretended it was theirs and sold it without your permission
@@jourdainsolis808 You are so wrong brother. Pick up a book
If you wrote a book, I’m sure you’d want it to be sold by others. What a statement? Intellectual property is property!
@@jourdainsolis808 Even college lecturer willing to photocopy original copy of "intellectual" books for affordable price.
@@jourdainsolis808 if my intellectual property created a multi-billion dollar empire like Nike has, street vendors making a living wouldn't bother me at all.
5:50 tells you all you need to know about why thy are doing this. Untaxed goods, it has nothing to do with keeping us safe from fake Ferrari brake calipers.
Ta da!! Winner......
.....if they can't tax it - they outlaw it.
The government is working exactly as it was designed to. Exactly.
@@hyperliz2 You know that taxes support your education?
@@ligametis depends on where your from.
I will keep buying counterfeit shoes and clothes till the day I can't anymore
Medicine don't use counterfeit else the day u can't buy will come sooner lol
@@sidblore7529 thanks captain, you are probably a rocket scientist to compare these two
@@veaccara 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
In South Africa a nike t-shirt would cost u R50(3.10$)
Fake t
Stealing _removes_ the original, counterfeiting _copies_ the original, stealing and counterfeiting are not the same thing.
I read this in a Morgan Freeman voice.
Except its stolen intellectual property....
@@ant9072 false, making a trashy, poor quality design and putting a Nike emblem on it would be stealing intellectual property. Making an identical replica is literally just making a copy, as Nike still owns the IP.
It is quite literally IP theft which is a huge fucking problem.
5:18 Error here: Japan is erroneously on the list of major producers of counterfeit goods, when the truth is Japan is a destination point, due to the fact that it is not profitable to produce counterfeit items there, hence why counterfeit items are imported.
This is what happens when a company like Nike over charges for their shoes and limits the production. Many would buy retail but none are available and the after market prices are insane.
Precisely I wanted to buy some Nike football jerseys and they are $180 at Nike on dhgate and Ali baba. They are $13. It’s nikes fault honestly
If you can't afford don't buy it. It's very simple
@@tlatimes9251 Yeah...and who in this world messes with someone who's 'off brand'?
Image is the issue. You can not buy it but if not buying it denies you an aspect of living due to social pressure, is there a reason for it?
BigBlack81 What social pressure? You’re just obsessed with logos and branding more than the actual item. There are many affordable decent stuff, just generic ones without the logos, but obviously people are too obsessed with looking rich when they actually aren’t.
wkxl don’t buy Nikes then
If it's not a crime if you steal less than $950 in goods, then why is it a crime to then sell them?
It's all about police saving time and resources without putting in the work
Thank God there are Counterfeit stuffs we can afford to buy!!!
It is a very good business we need more counterfeit countries!!!
The day resellers stop using bots to beat out every day consumers and manufacturers do something about it is the day I’ll stop buying reps.
Took me like 4 months to find a suitable bootleg pair of Louboutins for my niece's senior prom. No way I was gonna pay a G for some damn shoes, but I pulled it off for $400 and none of her friends knew the wiser! Was the queen of the night and my Best Uncle status was solidified forever!
For real I’m a kid but I know if I can get something that looks and works the same for less you got a mf deal😂
You're dumb for spending $400 on some heels
Make sure she never finds out or it’ll ruin her life lol
May be if your products are cheap enough for everyone to be able to afford them, there wouldn't be any counterfeit
These greedy corporations products are too expensive.
Quality goods cost money. There is no excuse to steal another brand. Nobody is forced to buy $200 Nike shoes. You can buy very similar non-brand shoes for $30. Cheap shoe maker can sell cheap shoes but he cant put a Nike brand on it. Theres no excuse for thievery like this.
@@tubester4567
Well I'm using money to make money, i have 120 pairs of brand new Jordan shoes that cost me over $25,000 values over $50,000 .
When everything is made in China anyway, real or fake...
@45 fottuto stronzo BS. Theres 2 sides to this. There are many western brands of high quality like Versace, Gucci etc that are made from quality materials and many are made in western countries with high wages. Then theres the plastic nike shoes that are really no better than non-branded shoes, but even so, the materials used are usually better quality in original branded products. Either way, you're still a thief and a scumbag for stealing other people's IP and brand and theres no excuse for it. You're also helping the slave trade.
Maybe if people would buy from smaller brands and stop being obsessed with logos and brand name there wouldn’t be any counterfeit.
He said it's impossible to get a perfect imitation shoe.
I would beg to differ lol
I've seen a lot of videos about how great counterfeit Swiss watches have become, but any collector/dealer can still pick one up and tell within a minute.
The moment you open the case it will be obvious if you're familiar with watches..you can't fake precision machining and construction. This is like trying to fake an iphone or computer.. The dial may or may not be more precise in terms of how it's replicated but the movement can't be faked.. You're not going to fake a tourbillion.. It's just too intricate to be produced without real cost
Itll take about 2 years and thats done as well. They're copying the entire movements as well now. It's down to the level of machining and decorating of the movement until itll be indistinguishable
They can only tell the ones they can tell.
So basically 98% of people can’t tell the difference yet some are worth a few dollars while others are worth thousands. That should tell you something.
As a watch collector I have experienced watches that are not fully original but with counterfeit parts, they are much more difficult to distinguish.
If the government is so upset their missing out on taxes and "cant" make communities better because of the loss i'm sure the over paid politicians wouldnt mind taking a pay cut
The counterfeit designer belts have become so similar to the real ones that people will think the real ones are fake
Much easier than print money.
The rep shoes are getting really good too
Yup here in NYC in China town! Canal street bruh you can’t even tell! Ppl line up to get those belts
if they're made with same materials in the same factory, it's literally real. it's just being not being sold under the license of a huge, massive corporation.
@@CarlyleKayla how much % u think/claim is the same quality?
Why do public funds protect private profits?? The companies being infringed should be paying!!
Why else does government exist?
imagine getting swatted for fake uno cards and your just with your homies
Draw 4 years in prison lol
I chuckled lmaoo
@@jawaunharlan54 lmao
@@jawaunharlan54 LOL
The Uk does little things like this while turning the other away when it comes to child sex trafficking.
I live in the UK and I'm pretty sure we don't have a child sex trafficking problem.
Not only that, these companies aren’t regulated and children are forced to work long hours
are you talking about the original producers or the counterfeiters? in too many instances you were describing both
@@htopherollem649 ty
@@htopherollem649 nice :)
@@htopherollem649 sadly both
You know you can use that as an excuse when buying counter fit lol
Bruh if sneaker resellers werent reselling shoes for thousands there wouldnt be a problem
Its crazy paying $1000 for sneaker and $2000 for a dumb purse
Yeah not too many notice the expensive stuff anyways, it's more in the buyers mind
especially when the original cost of the sneaker is 80 bucks
@45 fottuto stronzo i mean they gotta profit somehow, still 80$ isnt cheap too
Well they are meant for rich people anyways
I was about to buy some shoes at a foot locker until I saw the price tag of 180$. Counterfeit apparel is not bad in my opinion. Many people look down upon buying and wearing counterfeit apparel, but honestly I rather not be taken advantage of.
Or maybe just buy from a smaller brand?
Counterfeit Uno cards where the whole deck is just Draw 4's 2:10
Mother of god...
😂😂
I hope they offer fast shipping...
@@josephstalin7353 🤣😂
Yeah you're dead wrong about counterfeit fashion items. The only reason the market for fake apparel exists is because the original makers don't make enough or criminally overcharge for their brand name.
All creativity is derivative.
"It takes a thousand men to invent a telegraph, or a steam engine, or a phonograph, or a photograph, or a telephone or any other important thing-and the last man gets the credit and we forget the others. He added his little mite - that is all he did. These object lessons should teach us that ninety-nine parts of all things that proceed from the intellect are plagiarisms, pure and simple; and the lesson ought to make us modest. But nothing can do that." - Mark Twain
Of course some counterfeiting can be dangerous and the money can sometimes go into the pockets of serious criminals. But mostly, counterfeit goods are an important part of working class life around the world, weather that’s the Chinese lady selling goods at a market and making a living or the guy buying who can’t afford luxury clothes and still wants to look nice. I’m sick of big corporations doing so well and whenever the ‘small people’ find something that works for both parties it’s shut down.
Of course counterfeit car brakes, batteries, medicine, hygiene products etc, anything that involves safety are really bad. But high end, well built counterfeit premium watches, 99% alike shoes etc are kinda nice. Even some counterfeit brands have better reputation than the real deal.
yeah they don't want poor people to have nice things
"no you can't buy fake goods, the state can't tax and collect revenue on those goods nooooo"
the funny thing is most of the “premium” stuff isn’t high quality. sometimes even the counterfeits are manufactured in the same factory by the same exploited workers.
but they dont say what are the deaths n injuries from the real products.... its a one sided/useless report to make people too scared to buy the fakes
Eyasu Legesse if by “nice things”, you mean stolen brand image and logos, then yes they don’t want poor people to have them, they have generics for a reason.
I've bought some really good quality counterfeit goods and they've lasted for years.
if they want to stop counterfeit products then they need to reduce the price of original products so normal people can afford it
So basically once something affects the money flow of rich people then it’s a crime
You’re acting like poorer neighborhoods aren’t chock full of fake goods due to the lower price point. In NY I used to see people selling counterfeit tires and car parts.
Facts
World : counterfeit items
India: counterfeit milk n other food items
Well if big companies make it easy for the mom and pops store to buy their products in bulk to resell than their won't be that much counterfeit?
The best way to end counterfeiting is for legitimate companies to lower their crazy profit margins and sell at a reasonable price.
Meaning not hundreds of times more than their production cost.
People generally buy counterfeits of big brand names because they charge crazy amounts for the "perceived brand value"
Which is perfect for counterfeiting....because a lot of people simply want something that will be "perceived" by most as valuable
You're literally paying for the name and logo and just some straight stitching and positioning if you're really fussy😆
Or maybe people should stop being so obsessed with brand value and buy generic stuff instead?
@@nicholashadinata4571
Ok...but counterfeiting harms those brands not the buyer lol
@@DocRealTalk yeah, brands need protecting too. Them being rich companies doesn’t make stealing their IP right.
@@nicholashadinata4571
I don't believe in IP rights lol
I don't think people should be able to patent ideas and sell them for huge amounts of money. Especially when it comes to food and medicine. It's crazy that we have allowed humans to patent things we all need to live.
make brands affordable, there would be less counterfeit 🤷🏽♂️
Who's the criminal the real one caused $5,000 sneaker the fake one cost $25 who is the criminal this was full of b*******.
Changed my mind about knockoffs when holidaying in Vietnam and Thailand years ago, when I found out how much it costs to actually make genuine shoes etc - nearly the same price as knockoffs. Not paying full price for shoes and clothes again.
If the billionaires lowered their ridiculous prices, and paid their essential workers in China a little better, I'm sure the problem would be halved at least.
If people stop being so obsessed with brand names and flexing, I’m sure the problem would stop completely.
@@nicholashadinata4571 true
Counterfeit shoes are awesome though. It allows people who are poor and working class to enjoy a nice pair of shoes at a reasonable price. Nike already makes Billions a year, do they really need more?
Buy another brand, support a local brand or a brand of your country. The people selling counterfeit Nike shoes are often criminals.
@@uioplkhj no. they're usually regular factory workers lmfaooo.
these counterfeits are made in the same factory as the originals. the quality is higher. i acknowledge that they are usually higher quality, but not for the price they try to sell at.
It's bad for sure, but when a company is too aggressive in pricing their goods it becomes necessary evil. To counter this problem companies should price goods honesty, I know brand name carries weightage and in addition it also creates its own hype, when one cannot afford it counterfeits is the way to satisfy their desires (solely clothing industry) .
Drgvht
Or maybe people should stop chasing brand names and hype and just buy generic?
If corporations didn't put such high-profit margins on their products, the counterfeit wouldn't be so lucrative.
If people weren’t so obsessed with logos, counterfeits wouldn’t be so lucrative.
There's actually a brand of clothing called Counterfeit Clothing. The only way to get the real thing is to counterfeit it.
I understand the issue within counterfeit medicines but with shoes and apparel?.
Vice this video should have been focused on fake drugs and mechanical products not pieces of clothing
Just buy off-brand/non-brand.
"Can't put calipers from another brand of car onto a different brand of car"
No freakin shyte sherlock! What a joke this piece is. 🤦🏽♂️🤣
lmaoooooo
Counterfeit medicines ≠ Counterfeit apparel in terms of safety. It's nice seeing these clowns try to bundle up ALL counterfeiting as bad when we all know the apparel companies charge $100+ for something that costs $20 to produce and ship
Not all counterfeit medicines are actually fake: Sometimes it's just grey-market imports. That happens a lot between the US and Canada - because of the obscene prices that pharmaceutical companies can charge American customers for essential drugs, some people turn to shady companies that just buy the drugs in Canada and then import them in the US - illegally, because those imports are not FDA certified.
If your choice is between paying $200 a week for insulin through legal channels and $30 a week for dodgy internet insulin that is /probably/ the real thing... some people just can't afford the $200. They just have to take the risk and hope they aren't being scammed.
Maybe the fake stuff factories should make their own brand
You know you should be out of business when the counterfeit is better quality than your original product.
Agreed
17:51 “hong kong is one of the top countries for counterfeit goods” Hong kong is a city.😂😂😂
Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region
Well soon its about to be “Hong Kong Was a special administrative region”
@@pterodactylll keep telling yourself that...
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I always prefer to buy an original product that fit in my budget than a counterfeit of an expensive product. Like I bought a really good Omega wristwatch than a fake Rolex.
I can get airpods with a fake serial number that works on apple for $4. Newest version is $8. A different box and no serial number goes for $2. Not in bulk. So many perfect knock offs with certain products. Others products don't work nearly as well. I spend most my time in Vietnam and Shenzhen. I got so many fake airpods and nike shoes. I just give them away to people I meet often. This has to do with the products made in countries with a cheap labor force. If you want to produce products for the cheapest cost, you will get counterfeit's that are just as good as your product.
and what charging $20000 for a handbag is not a crime?
Well, no one forces you to buy them anyway
This had an old school Vice feel to it. Glad to see Vice can still create good documentaries. They really slumped 2017-2020
1. Nike gets make in China
2. Nikey gets made in China.
Same factory, 2' away.
Lmaoo vice talking about counterfeit bags as if they are the same as breaks
"It's like asking people to pay for free porn".
-Sun Tzu, the Art of X
Genius 😂
shoes clothes I can understand but stuff that needs safety regulations should be focused on more.
Another place I have seen many counterfeits is in DUBAI. And they are very careful as well, they have cameras, secret doors with big locks
"The Charlie Hebdo attackers funded their purchase of (some guns) with selling sneakers." Does this lady really expect us to buy that connection? If someone is motivated to commit violence they can work at a supermarket to afford the tools. If they sold sneakers or didn't sell sneakers... there is zero relationship. Editorially speaking, that should have been cut from the final edit of this video. That is preposterous.
Whenever I hear the word counterfeit I think about China for some reason, and it makes me laugh hard.
I'm still be wearing my UA Jordans
When the cost of the product is not worth what it is but how much they can get away with ripping you off obviously people will go for piracy and counterfeit.......😒😒😒😒🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🤔🤔
I understand that unauthorized/counterfeit goods are bad, on the economic big corporate side of things...however, those counterfeit shoes maybe all poor people can afford. Isn’t a shoe a shoe?
I think you're right in a way but, I think people forget about the slave labour as well
Wrong, there’s the generics too. A shoe is a shoe right, it doesn’t need the logo.
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The book Gommorah by Roberto Saviano explains well how Italian fashion brands are not too concerned by counterfeiting, and in most cases they encourage it. The same type of sweatshops that produce the official garments/items will produce the counterfeit ones. The only real difference is which factory won the contract with the fashion house to produce the item fastest and cheapest. Those that didn't win the contract will go on to produce the items at the same standard for the black market.
Having the designs available at an affordable price, available and visible at street markets is regarded as advertising and keeps the brand in public eye and aspirational.
The lady at the end talking about Taxes doesn't understand anything about taxes or money. All federal Tax goes to pay for war and the interest on the national debt. Government debt can never be payed off because all money is debt. Corporations have just hired Governments to protect their profits. Counterfeiting will continue as long as there are customers. I've never bought anything counterfit. Thanks.
The correct word for selling unlicensed goods isn’t “counterfeiting”. That term only applies to the Federal Reserve when it prints billions of electronic dollars without permission. In the case of attempting to pass-off a product as original, the correct term is “copying”. But the government doesn’t want to use the word “copy” because it’s usually OK to copy. You can copy a recipe, or make a photocopy, or you can be a copy-cat. But the copyright attorneys now claim that entire collections of things can be copyrighted. Such as a girl’s outfit. So they place ads in fashion magazines which say “steal this look” as if emulating anything is a crime. Those copyright attorneys actually want any form of emulation to be illegal. So in the future, when your daughter gets dressed, she’ll be inspected by a camera to confirm that she has copyright permission for her green shoes to go with her blue dress. Do you think that I’m joking? I’m not.
Not in our life-time. It's just going to be an oversized higher tech version of chinas social rate system.
@15:30 this is how seriously Chinese law takes counterfeiting. The guy who's job it is to combat counterfeiting see's a woman openly selling counterfeit products and she tells him to "stop messing around" if isn't going to buy something. All he can do is say "Ok, Ok" and slowly walk away. He is no different than a police officer in country that has no laws. All he can do is sit back and watch as people do whatever they want.
He's a PI.
*US makes counterfeit Indian and Pakistani basmati rise called Texmati and still produces it.*
When bioprospectors draw on indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants which is later patented by medical companies without recognizing the fact that the knowledge is not new or invented by the patenter, this deprives the indigenous community of their potential rights to the commercial product derived from the technology that they themselves had developed.
Examples include periwinkle of Madagascar, Neem of India and Nepal, turmeric of India, hoodia, bitter gourd, etc...
There is no good nor bad, either counterfeiting or original, as long that it's safe, but sometimes those original one charge insane values for thier goods that dont worth it just because they are the only one that sell (monopoly), but when you get a A+ quality in counterfeiting items and for 1/2 the prices why not ?
I think it's about the money tbh and the slave labour
And why not buy from a different brand?
The irony when the police officer said do these counterfeit sellers pay tax? Well do Apple pay UK tax?
I mean, it is a problem, but I don't see how a fake Yeezy might harm anyone.
imagine wasting a quarter million dollars on a car and then buying bootleg parts for it?
At the end of the day they only are doing something about this for one reason and one reason only, to say it is for public safety is complete garbage they are only doing this because they are losing out on that sweet sweet tax revenue
What happens to the items after a raid? It's not like stolen goods that can be returned. Do they sit in evidence for years and years, do they get dumped to a landfill, do they get donated to those in need, do the police sell it and keep all proceeds?
They are all destroyed once the case is over and they are no longer needed as evidence.
They can't be sold or even given away. Even the ones that don't pose any safety concern, like clothing, is still not authorised by the trademark holder - if the police were to give away a container full of counterfeit Nike trainers, that would drive the value of the real product down. Nike would immediately sue the police. And rightfully so as far as the law is concerned: Selling counterfeits is a crime, even for law enforcement.
Sometimes the manufacturers even destroy their own legal product to maintain prices. That happened a lot in 2020, because of the pandemic launching a surprise recession on the world - with so many people fearing for their jobs, no-one wanted to buy luxury clothing. But to sell it off cheap would devalue the brand. That is, if just anyone can afford a Gucci bag, then who would want one? The whole point is that's it's an exclusive good, a status symbol. So excess stock just had to be shredded.
The goods are always destroyed before landfill, to make sure that no-one in the waste disposal chain might fish them out. Usually that just means throwing them in an industrial shredder. Occasionally a big public event will be made of it with camera crews invited.
It's really hard to feel sorry for billionaires and faceless corporations.
Charging 5k for a purse is the real crime 😂
Counterfeit shoes are what I want though. Most of the real Jordans are expensive as hell. Buy a good quality counterfeit for the original price of $120,$160, whatever it may be, and people don’t see the difference unless they take a really close look.
Why would You buy counterfeits if you know they're the same price
Yeah lmao r/repsneakers
5:50 the cops in the UK swear like they tough lmao
Kinda funny given that you can go to Canal St in NYC right now and see thousands of bags out in the open in the late afternoons/early evenings and not a single “crackdown” is happening.
I don’t know about y’all… but I coulda got away with them SB’s definitely would’ve been hard to pin point those two things 😂😂
Glad to see my tax money goes towards arresting people for... selling shoes
You can sleep alot better at night now, right?
There's no need to equate counterfeit car brakes with counterfeit hand bags.