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This true story is brought to us from a small business of architects in Mexico, by our Mexican member Colectiva Ecologista Jalisco. The relevance of this story to consumers comes in the very compelling conclusion that the author reaches at the end.

This is the home of Consumers International's (CIⁱ's) global projects to promote Access to Knowledge (A2Kⁱ) for consumers.

The intellectual property system is often portrayed as a battleground in which the creators of content are pitted against lawless "counterfeiters" and "pirates". Multinational media companies have relied on this perception in order to push governments for stronger and yet stronger intellectual property (or IPⁱ) protection in both domestic and international law - a trend which shows no signs of abating.