2. China’s Counterfeit Economy and Not-So-Swashbuckling Pirates

What springs to mind when you hear the words Louis Vuitton? But, of course, classic styling, tradition married to modernity, and the result—a unique, one of a kind Louis Vuitton handbag. You can buy a Louis Vuitton replica handbag for each day of the week for the price of one Louis Vuitton handbag. Apart from you and Basicreplica.com, no one else will know that your Louis Vuitton replica handbag was manufactured in China.

—Basicreplica.com

A lot of consumers may find it hard to feel sorry for big, fat cat corporations like Louis Vuitton or Disney when Chinese pirates and counterfeiters knock off their luxury handbags or first-run movies and then sell them for pennies on the dollar. ...

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