A stallholder who sold counterfeit CDs and PlayStation games at a car boot sale appeared in court yesterday.
Nita Tennant, 42, used her computer to copy discs, CDs and MP3s to sell at the McEwan's Centre, Houghton-le-Spring, on Wearside.
Newcastle Crown Court heard how the home-made copies were sold for £5 each, but were produced using blank CDs costing just 50p.
Tennant's scam was uncovered after City of Sunderland trading standards officers seized 520 discs from her stall. When police raided her home, in Hereford Square, Sunderland, they found 1,200 more.
Defence barrister Tim Parkin said the married mother-of-two hit upon the illegal enterprise after noticing other people doing the same.
Tennant pleaded guilty to 29 offences under the trademarks act and was conditionally discharged for 12 months and ordered to pay £250 costs.
Judge Guy Whitburn said: "This is the sort of thing which must be stamped out quickly. The people you were cheating were the companies who spend millions developing, marketing and selling these discs. There is no such thing as a victimless crime."
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