Plunkett v Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions

The Federal Court has reduced a fine for copyright infringement relating to copying and distributing infringing DVDs.

On 29 January 2008, the Newcastle Local Court had convicted Mr Plunkett of eleven copyright infringement offences and imposed a fine of $22,070 for making and selling unauthorised copies of DVDs.

On appeal, taking into consideration the “devastating consequences” Mr Plunkett had suffered and would continue to suffer from his offences, the Court reduced the fine to $2,200.

Plunkett v Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions [2008] FCA 908