23 Jun
2015
23 Jun
'15
3:19 p.m.
On 06/23/2015 02:50 PM, TeoZ wrote:
Its one thing to copy a design and stick your own name
on it, another to
clone something and stick the legit company name and logo on it. Why
can't they brick a fake if they want to (after all it is the end user
trying to load copyrighted firmware on a fake product not the company
seeking out to brick any old copy)? If I sent a shipload of fake Gucci
bags to California the local port authorities would just grab them and
burn them.
Oh, I agree--and there are procedures to get USCBP to do just that:
http://www.cbp.gov/trade/priority-issues/ipr
But it's awkward to get it done--and costly. Basically, we're awash in
counterfeit goods.
--Chuck