Knockoff: The Deadly Trade in Counterfeit Goods : the True Story of the World's Fastest Growing Crime Wave

Tim Phillips

Kogan Page Publishers, 2005 - Business & Economics - 246 pages

Counterfeiting is an industry growing faster than almost any other in the world. It's a global business with its own manufacturing, distribution and retail networks and represents a market worth $350 billion every year.

Knockoff exposes the shocking truth that counterfeiting isn't harmless - it's far from it. Tim Phillips travelled to America, China, France and Russia amongst other countries to research this book with the support of several bodies including the New York Police, the Business Software Alliance and the International Chambers of Commerce. As well as speaking to those affected by the crime, he met people convicted of it and questioned solicitors who defended them.

Knockoff takes an unbiased stance and asks uncomfortable questions that are relatively ignored, such as:

If drugs to treat Aids are too expensive in the third world, is it not suprising that there is a market for low-quality fakes?

When the average piece of software in Russia costs a month's wages, is counterfeiting not inevitable?

If enforcement is failing, should industry concentrate on incentives and education instead?

Knockoff thoroughly examines all susceptible industries incuding: Entertainment; Drugs; Software; Luxury Goods; Car and Aero Parts and Consumer Goods.

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With the eyes and ears of the seasoned business journalist that he is, Phillips takes readers on a global tour of the pervasive and murky economy of counterfeit goods. He journeys into the hearts and ...

Contents

• The secondoldest profession: 7
• Super Cow: 8
• Lies damn lies knockoffs: 10
• Counterfeit equals theft: 11
• The little guy loses: 12
• Its your responsibility: 15
• Brand bandits: 19
• Fake economics: 20
• Knockoffs can seriously damage your health: 21
• The ghost shift: 25
• Counterfeit Alley: 31
• Something for the weekend: 32
• Showdown in Midtown: 35
• Canal Street: 38
• Sex and the purse party: 43
• Party bags: 48
• Infiltrating the middle classes: 50
• Copying is a beautiful thing: 55
• Waking the sleeping cat: 57
• The top of the speed: 60
• The big country: 63
• A greater Europe: 67
• The Italian job: 68
• Making crime pay: 70
• The dark side: 73
• Crossing borders: 77
• I thought I had seen everything: 79
• Its war: 80
• Under the surface: 83
• Where buyers and sellers meet: 87
• The global marketplace: 88
• Trust and safety: 89
• Anything goes?: 92
• War and peace: 95
• Money talks: 96
• Where are the good guys?: 97
• Tough Love: 100
• Closing the deal: 102
• Illusions: 109
• The content crisis: 110
• Pirates ahoy: 112
• A silent spring in Hanoi: 113
• Lifting the stone: 117
• A hidden problem: 118
• One in three: 121
• Organized criminals: 123
• Ordinary criminals: 127
• Snide: 128
• Global cottage industry: 130
• The lowest priority: 132
• Turning guns into CD burners: 137
• The Lion Kings: 138
• Everybody loves a bargain: 140
• A black hole: 143
• Making a scene: 145
• Behind The Scene: 146
• From the top: 147
• Stop thief: 150
• Its like an addiction: 152
• From Russia with Windows: 155
• Evolution not revolution: 157
• Under the counter: 159
• Quick Send for the ferret: 162
• The capital of bogus parts: 169
• Bogus beware: 170
• Blind and toothless?: 172
• The 10000 bolt: 174
• Under the hood: 179
• A perfect environment: 180
• A workshop near you: 182
• Show us the dead bodies: 187
• Redefining the problem: 188
• Tap water doesnt cure cancer: 190
• A goodlooking tablet: 191
• Controlling the supply chain: 192
• The 1 per cent solution: 195
• Men in white coats: 201
• A deal you can refuse: 202
• Drug tourism: 204
• Someone has to pay: 207
• Dora Akunyili must not die: 209
• The NAFDAC woman: 210
• Cleaning up: 212
• Muddying the waters: 215
• Whack a mole: 219
• Appendix: 223
• Index: 233

About the author

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).

Bibliographic information

• Title: Knockoff: The Deadly Trade in Counterfeit Goods : the True Story of the World's Fastest Growing Crime Wave; Kogan Page Series
• Author: Tim Phillips
• Publisher: Kogan Page Publishers, 2005
• ISBN: 0749443790, 9780749443795
• Length: 246 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Decision-Making & Problem Solving