[pp.int.general] counterfeit product and "pirate" product

[Joonas Mäkinen]

Yes, indeed a good outcome. :)

2010/6/4 Stephane Bakhos <nuitari at pirateparty.ca>

> Actually I think the judge hit it right on the nail.
>
> The woman was sued for trademark infringement, not copyright infringement.
>
> He basically says that it can't be trademark infringement because the fakes
> are clearly fakes of a much lower quality. therefore, no possibility of a
> customer being deceived into thinking that they are buying the legitimate
> item.
>
> On Fri, 4 Jun 2010, Joonas Mäkinen wrote:
>
>  Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 02:26:45 +0300
>> From: "[UTF-8] Joonas Mäkinen" <joonasd6 at gmail.com>
>> Reply-To: Pirate Parties International -- General Talk
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>> To: Pirate Parties International -- General Talk
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>> Subject: Re: [pp.int.general] counterfeit product and "pirate" product
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>>
>> CDs have nothing to do with trademark... judge seems quite clueless. :>
>>
>> 2010/6/4 Partido Pirata Argentino <ppirataargentino at gmail.com>
>>
>>  Judgement of a judge by a woman who sold pirated CDs on the street,
>>> the judge did not consider it fake because they were very different
>>> from the original.
>>>
>>> The judge determined that the street sale of compact discs and DVD's
>>> of low quality and with photocopied covers can not be regarded as a
>>> crime of "trademark counterfeiting" ..
>>>
>>> Here is in spanish:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://partido-pirata.blogspot.com/2009/10/venta-ambulante-no-es-delito-vender-cd.html
>>>
>>> The newspaper said that the "pirated cds" are free to sold in Buenos
>>> Aires, but these is not true, the judge said that the infraction of
>>> copyright is another crime, but the woman wasn´t "trademark
>>> counterfeiting" ..
>>>
>>>
>>> Eduardo
>>> Partido Pirata Argentino
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