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Pacific Mall raid protects us shoppers, right?
Pacific Mall played host to a sweeping raid last Thursday as part of a massive investigation in which police seized more than $3 million in counterfeit goods. After an inquest, which, by all accounts, could only be described as "groundbreaking," police showed off their loot from ten sites across the GTA during a press conference yesterday morning. Among the annexed items were counterfeit toys, drugs, clothing, and electronics.
The investigation, called "Project Consumer Safety," resulted in several arrests and marked a triennial event in Pacific Mall's general operation. Next for Toronto cops? Cracking down and exposing pot-smokers during Toronto's annual 420 parade.
For the couple of people who still can't tell a Louis Vuitton from a Louie Vuitton, the raid comes as a massive shock. For the rest (including the Toronto Reddit consensus) the seizure is pretty much just another yawn. Thank heavens someone's looking out for the unsuspecting consumer, right?
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But if a customer is dumb enough to pay top dollar for a counterfeit without knowing it's a counterfeit, that's their own problem. I've had shop keepers actually straight out tell me that their items were fake, but for a $5 why not buy a new necklace or something.
... of the executives of the corporations who own the brand rights to this stuff.
Well, in that case, yes. I do think the Pacific Mall raid protected "us shoppers". Quite literally.
I'm a little confused because I thought counterfeit was the reason why people go to pacific mall. Also I didn't think our police cared about counterfeit since you can go to so many stores around Yonge and Dundas to buy a fake Rolex.
In this case, it would be hard to tell the difference between the real thing and the counterfeit articles.
Same thing with DineSafe. Some people know "how to pass" while others "try to pass".
Corporations should have the legal right to protect their intellectual property but not at the expense of the general public and not under the false pretence that it is for the general public's safety.
Things like bad wiring can lead to fires.
And quite frankly, fraud is fraud. "If you don't know better, you deserve what you get" is a terrible attitude, and one that I'm sure most people wouldn't espouse if their loved ones got scammed.
In addition, if you look at the charges laid, they almost all include possessing and selling stolen goods, or goods obtained by crime. A lot of people might have known they were buying fakes, but wouldn't be so happy to learn the goods were stolen.
If anything we should feel sorry for them.
My point is not whether copyright infringement is illegal, because it is and it should be enforced, but rather the fact that this raid is likely the result of pressure from lobbyists from copyright holding corporations.
IP could have made these "stolen goods", even if they were made ten minutes ago from scratch by the person selling it to you.
I bought a bag there once, lasted me literally 3 weeks, fake ass shit
And about the weed smokers, really? Do the cops plan to arrest hundreds of people all at once, for really no significant reason at all?
Canado Geese for the win!!!! hahaha
Think of the children...
... who end up with counterfeit coats made with dog fur
Not to mention the racist bias of every store owner. 15% if you appear to be asian
Head and Shoulders was pictured.
That computer that you are typing on right now was made in china.
Im pretty sure the desk, chair and almost everything on your desk was made in china.
Heck, the jeans and shirt you are wearing were probably made in china, if not probably india.
At least the real stuff creates white collar jobs here by being designed?
Uh how dumb can you be? When was the last time a Louis Vuitton purse designed in Canada? When was a pair of Guess jeans last designed in Canada?
God you are dumb.
Almost everything we buy and use on a daily basis is NOT designed in Canada, NOT made in Canada, and most likely are not even a Canadian company who's funds get siphoned into the united states or china or korea or india.
Plus if anyone goes to pacific mall to buy Viagra, or any other medical product instead of a pharmacy is clearly an idiot and deserves what they get.
I would ask you that next time you decide to type up a stupid response please think throughly about it before you go all anti-china/rasict.
Dumbass
Would you care to elaborate on the libelous comment you just made? How can they "technically" use it? Canada Goose either uses dog fur it doesn't. Though, if I were you I'd back track quickly because they're extremely litigious. Enjoy your law suit.
The fur lining on the hood is a dead baby coyote. Enjoy your jacket.
You must be smoking some good shit there, lady.
Terrorists making knock-off goods... HAHAHAHAHA