Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000208/1996 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 23 May 1996.
1. The Appellant pleaded guilty before a magistrate to the offence of Possession for the Purpose of Trade or Business of Infringing Copies of Sound Recordings in which Copyright subsisted, contrary to s.5(1) of the Copyright Ordinance , Cap.39 . On 3rd November 1995 police officers found the Appellant manning a mobile hawker stall with 100 numbers of copyright infringing compact discs for sale outside No.19-21 Jordan Road Kowloon. He admitted that the compact discs were for sale at 3 for $100 to