Re: How to stop Piracy?

[Zak]

Joel Kolstad wrote:
> "Zak" <jute@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
> news:44512d05$0$2225$2e0edba0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Take a t-shirt with you from holiday, get caught at customs, and face 4 
> > years in prison. Minimum - no haggling.
>
> I knowingly bought a fake Nike shirt in Singapore some years ago to give to a 
> friend who has significant investments in them... wow!
>
> (And the quality was noticeably poorer than the real thing...)

The people who propose this kind of law promote corruption - that's my 
point. And I hope this proposal will backfire. Do corporations elect 
politicians? I thought not.

AFAIK a few years ago grey imports into the EU were allowed. Now they 
are forbidden - corporate wants this. So you can't even take a Nike 
shirt that's legal in the US and bring it to Europe - not for trade 
anyway. And is customs is overzealous you couldn't even travel in brand 
name clothing :)

And this is used - Volkwagen had customs impound the 'new beetle' at the 
time when it was available in the US but not yet in Europe. But that is 
a lousy car anyway.


Thomas