Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000861/2003 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 6 May 2004.
1. This is an appeal against conviction. The Appellant was charged with one count of making for sale or hire an infringing copy of copyright work without the licence of the copyright owner contrary to section 118(1)(a) and section 119(1) of the Copyright Ordinance, Cap. 528, Laws of Hong Kong. The Appellant was convicted after trial. The trial was conducted in Chinese but at the request of the Appellant and with the agreement of the respondent, the appeal was heard in English.