A tide to stem. Pascal Lamy's activities as European Commissioner went out with a bang. In his press conference of 10 November on stepping up the fight against counterfeiting, he combined the strong reasoning and logic for which he is well known with a degree of showmanship, presenting the press with concrete examples of the skill with which counterfeiters (mainly Chinese) plunder the fruits of the creativity, intelligence and hard work of Europeans. He demonstrated how much piracy costs...