Quote Originally Posted by fatbot View Post
You didn't read all of Griffins' post did you?

The intent is to stop organised crime syndicates from making money. OCS do a hellava lot of very nasty things to a hellava lot of people, things think forced prostitution, child prostitution, raping, killing etc.

While these conflicts around the world do need someone to step in & find a peaceable conclusion, It makes sense for any organisation to go after something that is reasonably easy to do, this helps them build a reputation for solving problems, which then makes it easier for them to step into the middle of other problems to assist and fix them.
It looks like an information campaign only, to raise awareness about the criminal origin of counterfeit goods. It's not like they're going to directly investigate and prosecute any criminals. While spreading awareness is good and all its still a phenomenal waste of money IMO. Besides which a lot of 'legit' goods are manufactured in working conditions which could be deemed exploitative and harmful to the environment (as this campaign claims of counterfeit items). The only difference is it's legal.

You'd have better success running a subversive marketing campaign making counterfeit goods look 'un-cool'.