IP Blog says: "For those who think that piracy and counterfeiting are wonderful tools for economic development . . . artists and creators in Swaziland disagree with you." The story:

IN an attempt to clamp down on piracy, top gospel musician Pastor Elias Shongwe of Shongwe and Khuphuka Saved Group yesterday embarked on a lone crusade and seized fake CDs and cassettes from street vendors. . . . Piracy is bad practice and slowly but surely killing music,” Shongwe said, adding that the creativity of all the people involved is being taken for granted. He said the worst part of this was that most people in the music industry lived and breathed music. This means if the projects they worked on do not do well in the market, their profit decreases, creating a situation whereby they have nothing to support themselves and those who depend on them.

Swaziland as a nation is in sad shape, but it will not improve by making productive activity impossible.