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Reference
Title: | O Consumo de Produtos Piratas no Brasil 2006 |
Author: | [IPSOS] |
Source: | Federação do Comércio do Estado do Rio de Janeiro |
Year: | 2006 |
Details
Subject/Type: | Counterfeiting, Piracy |
Focus: | Aircraft and Auto Parts, Apparel and Shoes, Consumer Electronics / Electronic Equipment, Fashion Accessories, Film, Music, Personal Care Products, Software, Tobacco Products, Toys, Watches |
Country/Territory: | Brazil |
Objective: | To find out who consumes counterfeit products, why they are consumed, and whether consumers are aware of the consequences of counterfeit goods consumption. |
Sample: | 1.000 households in 70 cities and 9 metropolitan regions |
Methodology: | Survey |
Main Findings
In 2006, 42% of consumers bought at least one pirated product. 93% indicated that price is the decisive factor when buying counterfeits. The most-often consumed counterfeit goods were: CDs (with 86% of counterfeit buyers having purchased pirated CDs), followed by DVDs (35%), glasses (6%), watches (6%), clothes (5%), shoes (5%), and toys (5%).
Counterfeit buyers and non-counterfeit buyers reported that they were most likely to reject fakes of the following products: electronic devices (49%), software (37%), DVDs (35%), perfumes (30%), car parts (30%), cigarettes (26%), CDs (25%), and clothes (25%).
66% of consumers affirmed that the consumption of pirated goods can have negative consequences: 83% were aware of tax evasion related to counterfeits; 83% believed that counterfeits hurt the manufacturers/artists; 70% associated counterfeiting with organised crime. Overall, 47% were satisfied with the pirated products acquired.
Those not buying fakes gave the following reasons for not doing so: “low quality” (42%), “lack of warranty” (14%), “negative effect on genuine vendors” (5%), “fear that money saved with counterfeit not outweighing possible damage” (5%), and “fear of prosecution for buying an illegal product” (3%).
[Date Added: Jan 20, 2009 ]