EC IDENTIFIES CLOTHING, TEXTILE COUNTERFEITING HOTSPOTS
October 2nd, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
INDIA has been branded a serious hotspot for counterfeit books, in a global European Commission survey of countries where product fakes are manufactured. The Commission's directorate general (DG) for trade gathered information from companies, diplomatic missions and trade federations. Its report said lost sales for UK publishers in India had been recently estimated at Euro 30 million, including locally published copies. "Publishers estimate that any bestseller suffers from 50% to 60% piracy, despite...prices for legitimate titles in India ...
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