Fighting fakes with fakes
p2pnet view Off Topic:- The corporate entertainment cartels can’t seem to get it right. Counterfeiting and so-called ‘piracy’ aren’t the same.
But then, they’re perfectly well aware of their ‘mistake’. They deliberately confuse the two in their BS releases knowing the lamescream media will faithfully parrot whatever they pump out without any effort at checking for accuracy/ veracity.
And the Swiss watch industry is up to the same trick.
Over in Oz, p2pnet regular Filip is fascinated by fake watches, and he’s been known to buy one or two just because they are what they are.
“On one of the forums, I frequent, somebody came across this”, he says in an email. “The Swiss Watch Industry has created a fake replica watch site, to shame & scare people wanting to avoid paying for their overpriced & over hyped watches.
“Here is the fake website, clicking anywhere brings you to a scare page – http://www.fhs.ch/prevention/.”
Scare page? Yep. And one of the scares is a graphic picture of someone’s wrist (top right). And next to it is this >>>
Counterfeiters don’t care about safety standards, product materials or your family’s health and safety. Their only interest lies in making money. Most of the time, Counterfeited watches are produced by using less solid material, and even sometimes material which may be harmful (allergen, toxic, etc.).
That’s a nasty looking rash on the person’s wrist and the implication is: it’s the result of someone wearing a ‘pirated’ watch.
So is the pic underneath what it looked like before s/he strapped it on?
Nope. The Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry isn’t itself beyond piracy.
The second photo, of Anthony Karam’s unblemished wrist, was nicked from a Wikipedia post on the human anatomy with the special effect ‘injury’ added by a Swiss watch arteest.
No need to stay tuned.
Open - Piracy/Counterfeit Bait and Switch, February 7, 2011
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February 14th, 2011 at 10:16 am
Here is the fake “store” they have set up
http://www.replicaswisswatch.com
February 14th, 2011 at 1:17 pm
I live in Switzerland.
Some years ago (maybe 10-15 i think) Switzerland changed the law
regarding what’s a “Swiss watch” and what isn’t.
In the past, to be considered a “Swiss watch” all parts had to be
manufactured in Switzerland and the watch had to be constructed
in Switzerland.
The new law changed that. Now, any parts can be manufactured anywhere
but as long as the watch is built in Switzerland, it’s considered a “Swiss watch”.
February 14th, 2011 at 2:52 pm
Oh noes! We make a product that can be made tons cheaper somewhere else, probably with the same materials we make ours out of. Let’s not make sure we offer the best thing possible, let’s SCARE ‘EM!
I guess the Swiss didn’t learn the lesson the digital watches of the 70s taught them. Need to dig up Hayek and have him reset the industry again.