What is the deal with these Chinese Gibson guitar copies?

-Are they illegal to buy? Are they illegal to sell?Illegal to buy it? No, but they are definitely illegal to sell (and make for that matter). You've got people making something and marketing it as something else, how would that NOT be illegal?



I can't even imagine how many copyrights those people are infringing upon in terms of instrument design.Look everyone needs to make money so they create thing called nock offs that are cheeper cause not Everyon has the money to waste on pricy brand name guitar