Piracy and the future

There have always been cheap knock-offs.  Even your grandparents could buy imitation Rolex watches, or smell-alikes of expensive perfumes, or etc. for substantially less than the originals.  This was never a serious problem, as the cheap knock-offs were always that;  cheap.  Cheaply made, cheaply sold, and generally fragile or otherwise not-as-good as the originals.  This…