Electronics
In the electronics industry there are two forms of malfeasance manifestation:
“Piracy”, the most common and widespread conduct, which is manifested through illegal actions to the detriment of copyright and related rights inherent to intellectual works (music, cinematographic works, software, editorial works, etc.);
“counterfeiting”, understood in the strictest sense of the term, i.e. the illegal reproduction of electronic goods (whose trademark or patent is registered) or the marketing of unsafe products (because they do not comply with Community Directives).
In addition to the traditional sales channels of duplicated CDs and DVDs, such as stalls in local markets, on street corners and on the shorelines of tourist resorts, a more refined and insidious form of commercialization has been added: the Internet, which is now the “new frontier" of “piracy", given the great speed with which transactions develop and the apparent guarantee of anonymity that it offers, both to sellers and customers.
Statistical data on seizures made in recent years and the results of investigations clearly outline the new trends and dynamics of the phenomenon.
On the basis of the experience gained in the field, in fact, it emerges that, while there has been a considerable drop in the market for material supports containing "pirated" works (CDs and DVDs), there has been an exponential spread of digital content on the Internet.
Audiovisual piracy, in addition to concealing the economic interests of real criminal gangs, feeds a vicious circle: it determines, in fact, an enduring crisis, due to lack of legal revenues, in the related sectors of production, distribution and marketing.
As a result, in order to support our excellence of artists and "creatives", the European Union, the State and the Regions are forced to intervene with substantial funding, taking public resources from other priorities.
As far as counterfeiting is concerned, it should be noted that the more technological progress is made, the more refined it becomes. Not even the latest products on the market, such as personal computers, devices, telephones and their components and accessories are excluded from this degenerate form of commerce: as soon as they appear at trade fairs or in specialized stores, the world of “parallel" opens up.
The widespread counterfeiting of this category of products causes profound damage not only to the economic system, but also to the health of the consumer.
Just as an example, think of fires and explosions that have occurred to counterfeit phone accessories connected to the power grid.
But this is only one of the effects, and it is the visible one, the most immediately perceptible. Just think of the impressive amount of electromagnetic waves emitted by devices on which the necessary checks and tests required before being placed on the market have not been carried out.
