Dupe companies are increasingly copying luxury brands’ advertising to sell duplicate products, raising questions about intellectual property and fair competition. As consumer interest in high-end fashion skyrockets, driven by claims such as Birkin bags outperforming gold as an investment, luxury brands are seeing record-breaking sales. These companies spend millions on tailored advertising campaigns. In contrast, dupe companies, which sell inexpensive copies of luxury goods, cut costs by copying the advertising that luxury brands invested significant time and money to develop.

Today, before you all, and God herself, I confess, I am not a faithful reader of the terms and conditions of service. And I admit, I've agreed to terms and conditions without reading the extensive legal document. But who does?! Yet, every now and then, out of curiosity, guilt, and lawyerly duty, I'll read the lengthy, smallest-type document.

Comcast is the largest internet provider and often the sole provider in many areas of the United States. Without competition, Comcast has postponed upgrading its internet infrastructure in these uncontested regions, leaving millions of Americans with DSL internet that is too slow for subscribers to engage meaningfully in an increasingly digital world. Along with slow internet speeds, the lack of competition has allowed Comcast to adopt predatory pricing practices, further marginalizing some of the most vulnerable communities. To address these issues, what if a city or state took ownership of Comcast’s physical infrastructure, such as cables and service equipment, and allowed other service providers to sell to their residents, fostering competition? The idea of government-run physical network infrastructure, with competitive services run atop it, is not unknown.