The use of the word "counterfeiting" to refer to unauthorized copying of songs, software, movies, etc is a propaganda technique -- one we shouldn't assist.
Counterfeiting is a good word for actual fakery, including (say) currency fakery since that involves a fraudulent claim to possess assets that one doesn't actually have. But this so-called "counterfeiting" of copyright-restricted artifacts is not counterfeiting at all. It is merely unauthorized copying. No fakery or fraud is going on -- unless you replace the original authors' name with your own, of course, in which case it's plagiarism. A more detailed discussion of the issue is here: http://questioncopyright.org/faq#counterfeiting http://questioncopyright.org/ipec_comments_2010 Certain monopoly-based businesses, along with the governments who grant their monopolies, want us to use the word "counterfeiting" to describe unauthorized copying -- and they *love* it when we lump such copying together with: - money laundering - human trafficking - child porn - other bad things :-) ut this is fuzzy thinking that taints the fairly innocuous act of unauthorized copying by associating it with unrelated things. Unauthorized copying is not counterfeiting; it is merely unauthorized. -K Douglas Lucas <[email protected]> writes: >Regarding narcowar in Mexico, you may find helpful my report at >WhoWhatWhy on the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special >Operations Division seeking White House permission in 2010 to kill >Sinaloa drug boss El Chapo. I used WikiLeaks documents from the >Austin-based private intelligence firm Stratfor, and in conjunction with >the article, WikiLeaks published new Stratfor emails. Stratfor had a DEA >pilot and sometimes supervisor giving them information about drug >cartels from a top-secret classified network. I interviewed him and also >uncovered who Stratfor's clients for Mexico intelligence were. > >http://whowhatwhy.com/2013/07/17/are-mexican-drug-lords-the-next-terrorist-targets-a-who-exclusive-series-part-i-of-iii/ > >Later this month or next month at the latest, I will be publishing >another long, in-depth Stratfor article on US national security policy >in Mexico. It is a topic I've been researching for a year now. The >concern is that big interests are pushing for Mexican drug lords to >become terrorist targets. > >On 12/11/2013 08:48 AM, Lisa Brownlee wrote: >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> Re. Counterfeiting (primarily IP products), laundering, human rights >> (human trafficking/slavery), narcowar Mexico >> >> Dear Libtech friends, Hello! >> >> I am researching the above topics and would appreciate current research >> in the field. >> >> The International Anticounterfeiting Coalition held a conference on this >> topic in 2000 in Monterey, Calif. that I attended, but I am getting no >> response to my inquiries and would also appreciate current researc. >> >> I would appreciate any intelligence, contacts, etc. you may have on this >> topic. >> >> Regards, >> >> Lisa M. Brownlee >> Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico >> >> -- >> >> -- >> Lisa M. Brownlee, Esq. >> Mexico >> Skype: lisa.m.brownlee >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> Author's website at West Thomson Reuters >> <http://west.thomson.com/store/authorbio2.aspx?r=4889&product_id=15033039&aurec=2000017572Auth> >> About my Law Journal Press treatise >> <http://www.lawcatalog.com/product_detail.cfm?productID=15196&setlist=0&return=search_results&CFID=20088542&CFTOKEN=b6ddabf982b888e4-2F42CE2A-B3D2-E07B-503BCB3A910E5EEC> >> Facebook: Lisa M Brownlee >> <http://www.facebook.com/#%21/profile.php?id=1691642784&sk=info> >> >> Author of: >> >> Intellectual Property Due Diligence in Corporate Transactions: >> Investment, Risk Assessment and Management (West Thomson Reuters) >> >> Assets & Finance: Audits and Valuation of Intellectual Property (West >> Thomson Reuters) >> >> Federal Acquisition Regulations: Intellectual Property and Related >> Rights (Law Journal Press) - I retired this treatise - another author is >> now updating it >> >> -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at [email protected].
