fakes on the increase

According to a report from the BBC money programme, A fifth of Britons have bought counterfeit goods at the cost of £11bn a year to Uk Business.

A third of those people said they had purchased pirated DVDs whilst just under a quater said they purchased “fashion goods” such as Sunglasses or handbags.

Just over half of people surveyed by Ipsos Mori  said that buying fake goods was theft, whilst 10% saw nothing wrong in buying counterfiet goods.