Inside the World of Counterfeiting and How it Can Kill

[authomass]

Medicine that keep people alive on the poorest parts of our planet are counterfeit. Grow capital, keep your jobs, and let them die!

[MultiRedskins4life]

Wow that's very interesting

[Laseranders]

Guilt by association. Since it's dangerous to be a stupid idiot that eats counterfeit viagra, you can die if you wear a counterfeit adidas jacket! Just legalize harmless counterfeits for private use and tax it and all the problems go away. No jobs are really lost, since the money I save from buying counterfeits will go into other businesses and the money I spend on counterfeits will create jobs, making counterfeits.

[loco4123]

@Laseranders amen to that, like who really eats fake medicine? you must be a retard. If Canada wants people to stop buying fake stuff, then tell the retailers to lower price, we pay through our asses on taxes and shit. why pay close to 400 bucks on say example beats by dre when you can get it at a fraction of a cost, all canada wants is our money some how or the other, greedy pieces of shit our government is.

[6253amanda]

6 year old kids make most of it

[valdezmiguel2]

holy shit, do you think this clown has a vested interest in preventing counterfeit? He doesn't want to prevent counterfeiting, he wants to fucking line his pocket. shitty video, it shows the fucking corruption.

[TheInformalstyle]

Just need to ban importing from China. Voila, no more fakes.

[TheBobobot]

@TheInformalstyle

voila no clothes or anything

[jaymorpheus1]

Wait, it hurts the business that gave my job to someone overseas to begin with?

[stevenkidz]

Those manufacturers and designer should has the responsibilities to educate people how to differentiate original and counterfeit goods...

[mdude66]

whats the difference if i buy a pair of real nikes or fake. there all coming from the same place with the same poor labor laws....

[turbokitty222]

Agreed counterfeiting is bad no matter how you look at it, even if the genuine manufacturer won’t sell to you at all, its still not rights for someone to try to pass off a bad product as the real thing! So my next ? is, how can you get the word out to buyers that what they are buying is Fake? People are buying counterfeit product and thinking that they are getting the real thing! Especially new businesses!

[turbokitty222]

I agree with whats said ,but what do you say to someone who is looking to buy new product to sell when top brand names won't even return an email or phone call ? Also lots of our brand name products are already made in China ,so how can you say that a name brand product is better than the counterfiet? I'm totally on your side I just don't get the logic ? Seem politically or capitolisticly motovated more than Consumer protection !

[Watcher3223]

"what do you say to someone who is looking to buy new product to sell when top brand names won't even return an email or phone call"

Find a company that will respect its customers, but what does poor customer service have to do with product purity and safety when comparing a genuine article with a counterfeit?

[Watcher3223]

"Also lots of our brand name products are already made in China ,so how can you say that a name brand product is better than the counterfiet?"

If the counterfeiter uses production yields that were rejected by the name brand, such as ICs where the ratio of defects per batch is too high or if the counterfeiter cuts too many corners while making copies of genuine items to keep production costs low at the expense of quality.

The origin of an item alone doesn't substantiate the item's quality.

[Watcher3223]

If it's something like a t-shirt, it may be no big deal (though something like sunglasses advertised to have UVA and UVB protection but whose lenses are merely tinted dark and don't filter UV light is fraudulent as well as hazardous in the long term as you think your eyes are getting protection when they aren't).

The issue raised in this video is that counterfeiting has reared its head in items where the margin of safety is CRITICAL yet the counterfeiters exhibit depraved indifference to life.

[Watcher3223]

We're talking items such as medicines and food of questionable purity, circuit breakers that don't trip in the event of an electrical anomaly, automotive components whose qualities are inadequate to safely deal with the operating conditions a motor vehicle may encounter under normal use and many more.

Please remember that the goal of counterfeiting is to make a product where you can't distinguish between the real item and the fake until it's too late.

[Watcher3223]

Also understand that counterfeiters hide their identity under the veil of those they are copying while also wrongfully taking advantage of another's reputation to hawk their wares to the unsuspecting.

Counterfeiters operate by deliberately and vehemently using deception and dishonesty.

The logic is that, in the case of products dealing with health and safety, you may not get either one, which is why the notion that people can be hurt or killed by counterfeit products is brought up.

[basakhena]

it hurts Your country your cities when you buy counterfeit, I own a business and i pay thousands and thousands a year on sales tax, business tax, and employment and I'm not rich at all, so why should I pay these taxes , the taxes that pay for our police, roads , city workers,state workers, prisons , schools , you Americans are just ruining yourselves , dont blame Bush or Obama or anyone , We the people !!!! Are responsible for our country!!

[bestSVMS]

Lol costing them money lol. What little less than the trillion they put away. And the richest pay the least taxes. They have the most influence, and they have tax writeoffs.

Counterfeit medicine is biggest danger if you ask me. And the fake ink catragides- I bet they count remanufactured or alternitives illegal to as lost revenue. Stop ripping us of for ink and there wont be ink problems.

[hash121212]

oh what bullshit.

the corporations love their money...and will do anything to get it...the fact is the "free market speeks" as they like to say and counterfeit goods are cheap as fuck and people will buy them instead of paying for the fat cat corporate fucks giant pay checks.

[diamondmoney007]

OK,,,,, not to self " don't buy counterfeit condoms"

[dmc081]

ebay, dealextreme are two places i've seen alot of fake products

[dmc081]

this is why alot of companies are failing

[tubitician]

Homeland Security is apparently run by the Chinese government or they employ a lot of blind, deaf, dumb folks because everyone knows the fake AC Adapters all come through the San Francisco bay port, and are distributed across America by people working for Chinese organized crime. And they don't even pay taxes. But of course, even though they sell thousands of adapters on Ebay, Homeland Security can't find them or bust them.

[acapiafrica]

Fakes are everywhere and they can cause serious harm to consumers!

[Ermeig]

When it comes to clothes, toys, and electronics; I think counterfeit goods are fun :P

[42guitars]

you know what the governments will never control all this they cant even control the drug trades they all didnt care if they took our jobs for over seas

[PBeetheFox]

Seems like the public has spoken: we don't care if products are counterfeit. We care if they're quality.

[gunzkillu]

i bet all they're tryin to do is shut down the free market..i'd rather pay 10 bucks for a pair of generic running shoes to some small time mom n pops business owner than to help support corporate slavery (literally) by buying the same "real" pair of shoes for $200..i mean come on these guys need to get real, they're modern day slave owners and anything us little ppl can do to strike a blow is worth the effort..long live free enterprise!

[djkoolaj96]

but take now for example...were in a great dreppresion(basically) and the taxes that the actuall products could bring in would be rediculous...i agree with you because my pradas are fake lol only paid 100 bucks for a pair of 500 dollar shoes lol

[johnnytheprick]

...".......can result in death"? like "legal" drugs havent/dont! sheeeeeeeesh.

honestly, wood YOU pay $25 for something u can get 4 $8 where quality is not compromised?

[johnnytheprick]

....and yet most US manufacturing is moved off shore. ask y.

[hotneo7]

bunch of rich corporate whiners using capitalistic laws to pad their pockets so they could enslave more sweatshops

[toronto1234]

This is not making any sense, i mean if i am buying counterfeit products i would not be buying things like tires, durgs, computer parts. The ones to go for is the DVD, jeans, clothes or bags.

Who really cares about the rich who would only be affected slightly while we save a bunch of money.

[electrogeek77]

@toronto1234 Well, the slave labor that goes into making counterfeit goods would be affected. As will organized crime, which is funded by counterfeits. And the people that have been injured or killed by counterfeit fragrances(which often have antifreeze and urine in them), alcohol(god knows what's in there), and batteries(can be highly explosive). So yeah, counterfeiting affects a lot.

[raypatrickeye]

Call it what u want. Counterfeiting is a crime it is done by organized criminal syndicates the money is channeled back to fund bigger crimes like prostitution, people smuggling, drugs and terrorism. So the next time u buy a fake stuff take a minute and think.

[razorflown2]

You must watch a lot of fox news.

[jinn13]

The real crime is selling goods for such a high price that people have to buy counterfeit in order to afford them.

[AmericanPiracyTrade]

Most importation of counterfeit electronic and military components are carried out by brokers affiliated to ERAI network managed by Kristal snider.

[gonner709]

it only hurts the big companies. counterfeit good's could never control a big enough market share to affect the original maker of the product.

this is about Tax, Which you should always avoid paying. Keep the markets underground. Non Tax-able Cash is the path to true freedom and security.

the system is set up to fuck you. don't let it.

[cricketkuntal]

gonner does bring an interesting point...

[poisenivy08]

LMAO!! Was that a bottle of CL"O" at the end?? That made me laugh pretty hard

[SpiderMann3]

Beware, eBay is full of counterfeit products. I got scammed with some fake Kingston flashdrives. They look real but are slow and don't hold listed capicity and corrupt your data.

[hamsterama]

I can't understand why anyone would buy prescription drugs over the internet in the first place. You really have to question the judgment of people who buy drugs that way instead of stopping by a local pharmacy.

[cricketkp]

counterfeiting creates jobs!

[pimpmyride666]

It only creates illegal jobs.

[T850CSM101a1676]

It brought down Rome, so if it would humble uncle sam, I say there needs to be more of it.

I hate the state anyway.

[yeshere11]

interesting

[DGVPRODUCTIONS]

good video