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Counterfeiting and Piracy What is Counterfeiting and Piracy? Most commonly it is described as an attempt to produce any product, including music, films or games, identical or similar to another, usually a well known brand or designer, so that the copy is made to look like they are made by the brand when in fact they are not. The offences relate to the production, sale or having the items in your possession for sale as well as assisting in any of these.
Copyright includes the copying of any product, including DVDs, CDs, games et, for example, a CD-R or DVD-R with no trademark present on the label or packaging but containing a copy of a DVD, CD or game. This is also true for designs, literary work etc.
Most common examples found include:
It should be remembered that counterfeit products do not undergo any safety tests and so may cause harm to the user. |
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