A Victimless Act? How Organized Crime Profits from Pirated Goods.
A Victimless Act? How Organized Crime Profits from Pirated Goods.
By
Edson Luiz Vismona
For a safer Latin America, we should stop romanticizing piracy.
This article is adapted from AQ’s latest issue on piracy in Latin America
The logic of a fair and just market is inverted when the basic requirement of protection for intellectual property is missing. To accept that someone will produce and sell products outside the law means to support those that aim at easy profits without any regard or respect for society. The sale of pirated, illegal products only generates corruption and violence.
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