DVD pirate receives £55,000 fine
Published by Admin on 4.12.06 at 12/04/2006 06:46:00 PM.
A British man who traded counterfeit DVDs on the internet auction site eBay has been fined £55,000.
Peter Spencer, 39, from Oakhill Park in Bradford, pleaded guilty to importing and distributing pirated DVDs at Bradford Crown Court in May.
He received a six-month jail sentence and has now been ordered to pay £55,000 or face a further two years in prison.
The sum was judged to be his profit from selling pirated copies of films like Kill Bill and Lord of The Rings.
Spencer was brought to court following an investigation by the Federation Against Copyright Theft (Fact), which found he had more than 950 counterfeit DVDs for sale on eBay in January 2004. Link
Peter Spencer, 39, from Oakhill Park in Bradford, pleaded guilty to importing and distributing pirated DVDs at Bradford Crown Court in May.
He received a six-month jail sentence and has now been ordered to pay £55,000 or face a further two years in prison.
The sum was judged to be his profit from selling pirated copies of films like Kill Bill and Lord of The Rings.
Spencer was brought to court following an investigation by the Federation Against Copyright Theft (Fact), which found he had more than 950 counterfeit DVDs for sale on eBay in January 2004. Link