Looks like if Richard Durose wants to make music
now, it will be coming from a harmonica. At Chester Crown Court
yesterday, Judge Huw Daniel sentenced the lad to 18 months in prison
after he pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud music companies.
His wife, the appropriately named Mrs Durose, who
also plead guilty received a nine month prison sentence suspended for two years.
The Duroses were also ordered to pay court costs of £14,400.
court heard that following investigations conducted by record labels' body the BPI and Trading Standards officers, it was discovered that the couple were manufacturing and selling CD-R copies of mp3 recordings by mail order and at computer fairs throughout the UK. The Duroses had a huge catalogue of MP3 compilations which was updated weekly via email '“ and at one point their illegal run business was selling multiple album CDs, with 2,000 plus units generating over £13,000 per month. On sentencing Mr Durose, Judge Huw Daniel said: "This was a substantial fraud and involved the theft of other people's efforts, namely the producers of the music and in the public interest I have determined that a prison sentence is appropriate." David Martin, BPI Director of Anti Piracy stated, "This is an effective sentence which should serve as a deterrent to other would-be music pirates. If you break the law and infringe music copyrights you will be caught and prosecuted." |
Well you know what they say, if you can't do the
time don't do the crime. Don't forget the soap-on-a-rope
either!
Source: mi2n.com
