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66 pages of self-righteous moralizing later, so many posters fail to grasp that this is an economic issue. Go ahead and charge an exorbitant amount for an easily duplicated product, and don't be surprised when the counterfeits proliferate.

Obviously it can't be hurting the manufacturers that badly if the prices for these things have remained the same or gone up. Once they feel it you'll see prices start to come down as it did with the music industry - Napster and Limewire brought a swift and merciful end to the days of the $24.99 backcatalogue CD. Perhaps it won't be long before the same happens to the $299.99 authentic jersey.

The NHL is reportedly stepping up its efforts to deal with the counterfeiting problem:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/nhl-to-counterfeiters-knock-it-off-with-the-knock-offs/article2183894/

As far as I can tell, the NHL is at the same place the recording industry was around 2001 or so, hoping that a combination of asking nicely/veiled threats will make their problems go away. Eventually the recording industry learned how to get by selling MP3 singles at 99 cents and CDs at $11.99 (instead of $21.99), just as the NHL will eventually adjust to jerseys selling for $89 instead of $249.

^ I admire the well intentioned but ultimately futile efforts at arguing against something driven entirely by the laws of economics on the basis that it's technically against intellectual property law.

Because people are stupid and like to drink

And because of that, they want to get one to show all their friends that they're Irish (but not) and they drink a lot

This must be strictly a US thing... I don't think I've ever seen people wearing St. Paddy's jerseys in Canada. Are there actually officially licensed versions?

I always get ads from this place on my facebook. Upon looking, I stumbled on quite a few Laughers.

Why do so many counterfeiters sell "Saint Patrick's Day" versions of jerseys?

Is there seriously market demand for these things?!?

How about we just stop arguing right or wrong, if anybody wants to participate in the thread, it will be posting terrible looking knockoffs we can all laugh at. We all agree that some knockoffs are horrible, so let's just make fun of those jerseys.

Great idea

I'm indifferent to fakes, but I agree completely with that sentiment.

Doesn't change the fact that you're an ignorant fool for failing to acknowledge the negative implications of the counterfeit jersey trade.

Meh

When he grows up, he'll either be in jail for taking something that he feels he deserves to have because he wants it, or will have matured and understand why this is a crime and who it hurts, and why it isn't about anyone being an "authentic jersey freak".

Do you honestly think that everyone who owns a piece of counterfeit merchandise ends up in jail? If the biggest crime someone commits in his life is owning a piece of counterfeit merchandise, I would say his parents did a pretty great job of raising him.

Counterfeit jerseys are a gateway drug...next stops armed robbery, assault and battery, and then finally murder

I'd wager that most people don't care about theoretical infractions of property law. Yeah it's technically against the law like jaywalking or not transferring your old CDs to MP3 format, but really...big deal. Everyone who gets all hot and bothered about this should direct their energy to helping the sick or poor instead of defending the Yankees or whomever.

I haven't done it before, but now I'm going to buy a (good) counterfeit or three just for spite.

Here we go again with the armchair intellectual property lawyers.

If the NFL or MLB has a problem with what some manufacturer is doing, let them sort it out in court just like all the other IP disputes. I'm not a judge, I'm not going to sit there and figure out which jersey is actually licensed and which one isn't. If someone is selling me something sweet for cheap (and it's not breaking the law to buy it as in the case of stolen property), then let the NFL, MLB or whoever use some of their dough to litigate and shut down any actual illegitimate providers. Cost of doing business.

Just because something is the source of an IP dispute doesn't mean us lowly peons all have to abide by what the Internet Law Groupthink Pundits think is right. It's not up to me (or them) to fix the NFL or MLB's problems.

Following the logic of Internet Law Groupthink Pundits, I expect them to refrain from using WiFi because WiMAX is challenging all kinds of patents related to that technology. Every time they use WiFi, they're depriving WiMAX of what they claim as their cut. Horrors!