


Morecambe-based John Waldie admitted to sixteen counts of trademark infringement after selling thousands of counterfeit CDs bearing the trademarks of various labels, all of which had been manufactured in China. The conviction comes at the end of a case initiated by the Content Protection Unit of record label trade body the BPI and then pursued by Lancashire Trading Standards. I preferred it when it was all about market stalls and car boot sales.Īnyway, a man who led a bootleg CD operation selling counterfeit discs via Amazon and eBay has been handed an eighteen month prison sentence after being found guilty of criminal trademark infringement. In these crazy times in which we live, how about we report on a nice old fashioned slightly reassuring bootleg CD operation? Although the bootleg CDs were being sold on Amazon and eBay. Business News Labels & Publishers Legal Man jailed for selling bootleg CDs on Amazon and eBay By Chris Cooke | Published on Wednesday 19 August 2020
