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Take a Minute to Celebrate the Untold Genius of Movie Bootleggers

Brian Moylan · 12/28/09 01:36PM

Well, you can at least check out Avatar: The Making of the Bootleg a funny parody of the movie and "making of" documentary as a whole by the New York sketch comedy group Free Love Forum. And after you watch it, you should rush down to Canal Street to buy the purloined fruit of their labor. OK, maybe just laugh at the video, but either way, this is good stuff.

Monster Fashion Knockoff Smuggling Ring Busted!

Choire · 12/06/07 09:30AM

The mega-million-dollar counterfeit luxury goods industry took a major hit yesterday, when a ring of Chinese knock-off smugglers that imported $200-million of faux Ralph Lauren and Baby Phat was thoroughly busted by the feds. Twenty shipping containers full of fake goods were bribed on through the ports of Jersey. A sad day for the aspirational but working classes! Christmas just got a lot more expensive for the ladies who love fake handbags and cruising Canal Street.