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Countering Counterfeiters

 
Restorers at the Wallraf-Richartz Museum in Cologne discovered that a painting in their collection, An exhibit that focused on the spread of forgeries in the art world just recently at the Picasso Museum in Muenster, Germany. Here the original lithograph This oil painting, Forgery is not just a problem for the art world. The global explosion of pirated films and video games has led to huge losses for the movie and gaming industries. On street corners in cities around the world, pirated DVDs and video games, mostly from China, can be bought at a fraction of in-store prices. China is by far the world leader in the production of fake, forged, counterfeit and pirated goods. From tote-bags to toothpaste, billions of dollars are lost -- and made -- in counterfeit markets like this one in Nanjing. Advances in printing technology have attempts to counterfeit money nearly hopeless. This year the German-Austrian film In an attempt to Stealing from your Neighbor A If the Plagiarius Awards teaches you anything, it is that modern counterfeiters feel little need to disguise their iniquities. Pictured here this year's second place winner the V3 vegetable slicer
 

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