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With pirated and counterfeit designs, both the seller and purchasers of the designs have violated U.S. Copyright laws upon completion of the transaction for the counterfeit designs.
Piracy is as old as the Barbary Coast, yet with the Internet Age the illegal manufacture and distribution of pirated designs and software has become considerably easier in recent years, mostly due to computer technology developments and the low cost of replication materials and equipment. It is common for embroidery designs to be copied and sold at below market prices to end users.
Though the Pirate’s Creed remains the same through the years, “Why pay higher prices for it when you can get it for free or next to nothing,” this conduct is still stealing and it is illegal and unethical.
The ESPC targets those persons whom violate our members’ copyrights and will continue to fight the pirates. So while sailing the high seas of the internet, be careful of the Pirates... they are there lurking and waiting for you.
WNDU News Center 16 (South Bend, IN) story
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