The £6 Million Pirate

A prolific music pirate lands in court. Prosecution says he made £6 million in ten years selling copies of bootlegged music. “He commissioned, manufactured and sold, here and elsewhere, unavailable or illicit recordings of musical works performed by virtually every well-known artist in the world. Members of the audience at concerts made illegal recordings which were used as master copies for the CDs. TV and radio performances were also illicitly taped, and tracks from existing records were duplicated, the court heard.”