OCTOBER 2005
The new battle against counterfeits
Many companies have decided to become more open about the need to tackle
counterfeiting and piracy, prompting
international cooperation in the fight against the copiers. Introducing a series of articles looking at trends in counterfeiting, James Nurton reports from the MARQUES conference in Prague
Secret underground tunnels, hidden under trap doors leading to tiny factories where workers slave away in virtual darkness, surrounded by industrial noise and smells; submarines used to store thousands of digital discs underwater, that can be raised to the surface in a flash; computer hackers operating at a moment's notice; DVDs hidden in water coolers; gun battles between police. These may sound like scenes from a James Bond film, but increasingly they are the reality of the global counterfeiting business.
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