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3M Shines Light on Piracy: Minnesota Mining...

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<i> Times Wire Services</i>

3M Shines Light on Piracy: Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. has an answer to Asia’s rampant product piracy without resorting to geopolitics: penlights. The company has begun distributing pocket-size flashlights with some 3M-brand computer disks sold in China. Shining the penlight on a tiny light-sensitive sticker attached to the disk’s box indicates whether the disk is genuine.

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