The court considered sentencing in a video piracy case.
Held: Jowitt J said: ‘[I]t has to be borne in mind that counterfeiting of video films is a serious offence. In effect to make and distribute pirate copies of films is to steal from the true owner of the copyright, the property for which he has to expend money in order to possess it. It is an offence really of dishonesty’.
Judges:
Jowitt J
Citations:
[1993] FSR 303
Statutes:
Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 107
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp and Others v Harris and Others ChD 5-Feb-2013
The court was asked whether a copyright owner has a proprietary claim to money derived from infringement of the copyright.
Held: He did not. No such argument could be shown to have suceeded before. . .
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Criminal Sentencing
Updated: 26 October 2022; Ref: scu.473038
