Actually, yes. Fake aeroplane brakes made from mild steel that melted as a Singapore Air Force Strikemaster jet fitted with them was landing in 1980, numerous incidences of fake car parts which have failed in similarly catastrophic circumstances, and of course pharmaceuticals marked with the trademarks of legitimate companies which in fact contained only chalk and which had zero effect upon fatal diseases. Documented in "The Steal" by Brian Freemantle (1986).
None of which, of course, has any bearing whatsoever on somebody downloading an episode of 'Heroes' because it hasn't been shown on TV in their country yet, or writing their own story around characters from Shrek. Or even the illegal distribution on the net of copies of PotC 3 when it's only just appearing in cinemas. The media corporations would just like to be able to have the biggest guns possible with which to threaten those who (they feel) threaten their profits.
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Actually, yes. Fake aeroplane brakes made from mild steel that melted as a Singapore Air Force Strikemaster jet fitted with them was landing in 1980, numerous incidences of fake car parts which have failed in similarly catastrophic circumstances, and of course pharmaceuticals marked with the trademarks of legitimate companies which in fact contained only chalk and which had zero effect upon fatal diseases. Documented in "The Steal" by Brian Freemantle (1986).
None of which, of course, has any bearing whatsoever on somebody downloading an episode of 'Heroes' because it hasn't been shown on TV in their country yet, or writing their own story around characters from Shrek. Or even the illegal distribution on the net of copies of PotC 3 when it's only just appearing in cinemas. The media corporations would just like to be able to have the biggest guns possible with which to threaten those who (they feel) threaten their profits.