It's unfortunate that Wired seems to equate “fakes,” “knockoffs,” and “bootleg copies” with “counterfeits."

https://www.wired.com/story/influencers-paid-promote-designer-knockoffs-from-china/ (h/t @carnage4life)

Worse, the article seems to use the c-word in both the colloquial and the legal sense without distinguishing between the two meanings.

On the bright side, I do like the use of the word "replica" to mean something akin to the colloquial meaning of "counterfeiting." I may adopt that in my next draft: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4549909

The Influencers Getting Paid to Promote Designer Knockoffs From China

Influencers on TikTok and Reddit earn a cut of the counterfeit goods trade by promoting high-quality “replicas” sourced from ecommerce sites in China.

WIRED