Government officials look on as pirated publications, including DVDs, CDs, etc., are placed on the ground before being destroyed during a campaign against piracy in Taiyuan, Shanxi province on April 20, 2015. (picture Reuters/Jon Woo)
Government officials look on as pirated publications, including DVDs, CDs, etc., are placed on the ground before being destroyed during a campaign against piracy in Taiyuan, Shanxi province on April 20, 2015. (picture Reuters/Jon Woo)
This probably happened when it wasn’t so easy to download content and not anyone had a computer to do so, mostly in third world countries. Also yes, pirated goods like fake clothes are a really important income for a lot of poor people or for poor people who can’t afford buying original brands. In my country for example a lot of immigrants live of selling these kinds of goods.