Phillips, T: Knockoff: The Deadly Trade in Counterfeit Goods

1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-7494-4941-4
Verlag: Kogan Page

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 445 g

In this compelling account, Knockoff exposes the truth behind the fakes and uncovers the shocking consequences of dealing in counterfeit goods. Travelling across the globe, Tim Phillips shows that counterfeiting isn't a victimless crime; it is an illegal global industry undermining the world's economies.

Based on interviews with victims, investigators and the people who sell counterfeits, Knockoff reveals the link between what we see as "innocent" fakes and organized crime. Phillips describes in detail how the counterfeiters' criminal network costs jobs, cripples developing countries, breeds corruption and violence, and kills thousands of people every year. He shows that by turning a blind eye to the problem, we become accomplices to theft, extortion and murder.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Phillips, Tim

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Europarecht Europäischer Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz, Medien-, IT- und Urheberrecht
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Internationaler Handel
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Rechtswissenschaften Wirtschaftsrecht Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz allg., Marken- und Kennzeichenrecht
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Geschäftswettbewerb
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationaler Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz, Medien-, IT- und Urheberrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Section - ONE: Anything under the sun; Chapter - 01: The second-oldest profession; Chapter - 02: Brand bandits; Chapter - 03: Counterfeit Alley; Chapter - 04: Sex and the purse party; Section - TWO: Inside the knockoff economy; Chapter - 05: Copying is a beautiful thing; Chapter - 06: A greater Europe; Chapter - 07: I thought I had seen everything; Chapter - 08: Where buyers and sellers meet; Chapter - 09: War and peace; Section - THREE: You can't compete with free; Chapter - 10: Illusions; Chapter - 11: Lifting the stone; Chapter - 12: Ordinary criminals; Chapter - 13: Turning guns into CD burners; Chapter - 14: Making a scene; Chapter - 15: From Russia with Windows; Section - FOUR: Counterfeit killers; Chapter - 16: The capital of bogus parts; Chapter - 17: Under the hood; Chapter - 18: Show us the dead bodies; Chapter - 19: Men in white coats; Chapter - 20: Dora Akunyili must not die Chapter - 00: Introduction: The knockoff economy; Section - ONE: Anything under the sun; Chapter - 01: The second-oldest profession; Chapter - 02: Brand bandits; Chapter - 03: Counterfeit Alley; Chapter - 04: Sex and the purse party; Section - TWO: Inside the knockoff economy; Chapter - 05: Copying is a beautiful thing; Chapter - 06: A greater Europe; Chapter - 07: I thought I had seen everything; Chapter - 08: Where buyers and sellers meet; Chapter - 09: War and peace; Section - THREE: You can't compete with free; Chapter - 10: Illusions; Chapter - 11: Lifting the stone; Chapter - 12: Ordinary criminals; Chapter - 13: Turning guns into CD burners; Chapter - 14: Making a scene; Chapter - 15: From Russia with Windows; Section - FOUR: Counterfeit killers; Chapter - 16: The capital of bogus parts; Chapter - 17: Under the hood; Chapter - 18: Show us the dead bodies; Chapter - 19: Men in white coats; Chapter - 20: Dora Akunyili must not die

Leseproben

Foreword: Cat hair on the sofa; Part one: Everything under the sun; Super Cow Museum of Counterfeiting, Paris; Counterfeit Alley New York; Like a bad movie Beijing; Sex and the Purse Party Los Angeles; A greater Europe Venice to Warsaw; Where buyers and sellers meet eBay; I thought I had seen everything Brussels

Part two: You cant compete with free: Illusions Islamabad, Pakistan; Lifting the stone the IFPI forensics lab; Ordinary criminals street market, Yorkshire; The Lion King Northern Ireland; From the topserver down the world wide web; From Russia with Warez Moscow

Part three: Death by fake: AA965 Cali, Colombia; Corrosion corner Miami; Whats under the hood? Washington; Show us the dead bodies London; Dora Akunyili must not die! Nigeria; Fighting bees with a hammer Delhi; Afterword: Is there a better way?

Über Autor(innen)

Phillips, Tim
Tim Phillips is a well-known business journalist and broadcaster. The author of two previous books, he writes regularly for the mainstream press, including The Wall Street Journal Europe, The International Herald Tribune, The Guardian and The Observer, and appears on BBC TV and Radio and Sky News.

Tim Phillips is a freelance journalist. He has written for The Wall Street Journal Europe, The International Herald Tribune, The Guardian and The Observer, and The Sunday Times about business, the internet and technology. Tim is currently the Managing Editor of Performance Plus Magazine and regularly appears on BBC TV and Radio and Sky News. His books include Scoring Points (Kogan Page).