DVD bootlegger jailed under anti-piracy laws

A JOBLESS man has become the first person in Ireland to be jailed for breaking anti-piracy laws after being spotted selling bootleg compact discs and DVD films.

Martin McDonagh, aged 42, was imprisoned for six months after being caught with 226 counterfeit albums and 176 copied films at his stall at Drishogue Sunday Market in Co Leitrim last November. Among the CDs at the market were the Scissor Sisters’ hit Ta-Dah album, Sam’s Town by The Killers, Westlife’s Face to Face, Breakaway by Kelly Clarkson and Madonna’s Confessions on a Dance Floor.

McDonagh, of Foynes Court, Longford, admitted 10 charges under the copyright act and asked for a further 10 offences to be taken into consideration.