Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000284/1999 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 8 June 1999.
1. The Appellant entered a plea of guilty to offering for sale infringing copies of copyright works for the purpose of trade or business in that he offered for sale 2,855 video compact discs. The learned Magistrate taking as a starting point a sentence of 18 months' imprisonment, reduced it to a sentence of 12 months' imprisonment by virtue of the plea and all those other matters which were appropriate.