Back on the subject of the counterfeit cards:
<Markdash> Supposedly that particular location has been shut down.
<Markdash> I would imagine Hasbro leaned on the Chinese government/police/etc fairly heavily, they likely have a lot of manufacturing there so the Chinese would do well to stay on Hasbro's good side.
<Markdash> Rampant speculation, of course.
<Markdash> But if true, this begs the question: What happens when there's a well-run counterfeit operation in a country that doesn't give an actual fuck about Hasbro's intellectual property?
<Ashenai> The thing is, these are physical goods, you need a distribution network as well.
<Ashenai> Even if you could print cards in your Somalian fortress or whatever, actually getting them to customers is going to be tough.
<Iteration> I'm imagining a somalian drug lord and his lackeys playing magic with all their counterfeits now, someone gets pissed about land destruction and machine gun fire rings out
