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by Retric 265 days ago
There’s many illegal things which can boost a companies bottom line. Quite often the law cares about what’s a reasonable effort which is a very different standard than what maximizes profits.

Something which may or may not decrease their bottom line but definitely significantly reduces counterfeit items ending up in customers hands is going to be considered reasonable even if it’s not profit maximizing.