As a way of making money, people or traders have been found importing pirated goods , specifically, African prints into Ghana. these traders steal designs from the local print industry here in Ghana and make replicas.
If you do not know, it is very difficult to distinguish between the original designs ( the real designs and fabrics produced by our own fabric producing factories), from the fake or pirated ones because of the resemblance.
The most annoying thing is that, these pirated ones are selling faster on the market than the originals. This is so because, they ( pirated fabrics) are sold at a cheaper price on the market.
These people have been caught on several occasions for this act as they are making the sellers of the originals run at a lose due to low or lack of purchase of goods( the fabrics).
Below are examples of original fabrics produced by Ghana Textile Printers and the pirated ones.
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| original |
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| fake or pirated |
With these two fabrics, you can never tell the difference by just looking at it. The difference between these two fabrics is the texture. the original is quite heavy as compared to the pirated one.
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| fake or pirated |
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| original |
With these two you can tell that the original is deeper than the fake or pirated one.
There are more like these four above. It is a very bad habit to copy designs of people and make them yours. people who are are fond of this habit should refrain from it.
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