14 February 2007

Law enforcement v corporate welfare

Anywhere you go, including in the United States, it is generally quite easy to find knock offs of brand name merchandise available at a fraction of the price of the originals. Except in some very few cases these cheap imitations fool no one into believing that what they are purchasing, or what they see someone wearing, is the real McCoy. One could argue that these copies serve in a way to enhance the brand that the copyright owners believe that they are damaging.

More and more, local police forces in America are being called on to invest significant portions of often spare law enforcement budgets to protect corporate marques. Is that the way citizens wish the resources to be allocated or is it just another case of corporations calling the shots?

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