Counterfeit Goods

Counterfeit goods are a big problem in Art & Design/Fashion. Counterfeiting goods is illegal but is still carried out all over the world. Counterfeit goods are fake items which people pretend are the 'real thing', selling them on to other people with them not knowing that they're a fake; these could be products such as clothes, shoes, perfumes, pirate DVDs and computer games, food products, alcohol, tobacco and even car parts. Pretty much anything can be copied and sold as a genuine. Today's technology makes it even easier for criminals to create sophisticated copies.

This (above) is an example of the difference between the real and fake products, many of the fakes are cheaper than the real products which my make unaware people want to purchase them due to the cheap price. Counterfeiting needs to be stopped, but it doesn't seem like any-time soon.