counterfeiting means imitating such products and opposing the monopoly of production .many countries countrefeit clothers software, pharmaceuticals ,watshes, electronics and company logos and brands .israel among countries who sell counterfeiting pharmaceuticals . TAIWAN CHINA also counterfeit electronics and many other things

Counterfeiting is the illegal making, sellling, distributing of such products, be they electronics,CDs, DVDs, or paper currency of the world or USA> They pose a problem as they are BAD knockoffs and FLOOD the markets with inferior pieces. When you buy a Sharp knife and it's tang breaks off in your hand? OR..get paid $500.00 and its all fake! you get caught with nothing! the USA FBI counterfeit rules are laughed upon by the Far Eastern countriea! They buy/steal one CD..and make 5,000 bad copies, they dont care they merely sell.