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Seems like a whole bunch of big name brands were told by the chamber of commerce that they were signing on to oppose the sale of counterfeit merchandise online. Which you know they aren't unless they're planning to SOPA shutdown eBay.


They will be more careful next time. Also, there are interests behind many of these. One rich group could spawn dozen of various "alliances" and "associations", just to hide behind diversity. The money flying here are billions, so how much does them cost to run 20 agencies each with 2 or 3 people employed?


I didn't realize there was a market for knockoff Zippos, but that totally makes sense.




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