Copyright Infringement: Court Sentences Bible Pirate To 2 Years Imprisonment

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One Chinonso Ugochukwu, found guilty on a two-count charge of selling infringing books, including Bibles, in which copyright subsists and being in possession of infringing books other than for private or domestic use has drawn two years jail term pronounced by the Federal High Court, Uyo. In a judgement delivered on July 1, 2020 in charge No. FHC/UY/53C/15, Justice F. O. Riman convicted Ugochukwu of violation of sections 20(2) (a) and 20 (2)(c) of the Copyright Act, 2004 and sentenced him to one year imprisonment on each of the two…

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