Published on : Thursday, February 20, 2014
The Plagiarius Awards 2014 took place this month at the annual Ambiente Fair in Frankfurt.
“The award ‘Plagiarius’ does not say anything about whether a plagiarism is legally permitted or not. Aktion Plagiarius cannot, nor wants, to pass judgement. However, we can shed light and call attention to the injustice and the problems of enterprises affected by imitations.” said Prof. Rido Busse, the originator of Plagiarius, during the award ceremony.
Product and brand piracy is a lucrative billion dollar business for unscrupulous counterfeiters – clearly at the expense of innovative entrepreneurs, gullible bargain hunters and the workers in illegal factories. Globalisation and the internet promote a world-wide distribution of plagiarisms and fakes – however, the prosecution of dubious online-vendors is more than difficult.
Tags: Aktion Plagiarius, Ambiente Fair, Plagiarius Awards 2014, Prof. Rido Busse
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