A Judge has slammed a counterfeiter for “cheating” young artists out of making a living.
Killackey had almost one thousand bogus DVDs and CDs.
Damien Killackey was caught on two occasions with almost ONE THOUSAND pirated CDs and DVDs.
He was stopped by Gardai on two occasions, on October 20th, 2013 and also on December 8th, 2013 with pirated goods.
On the first occasion he was stopped in a car outside Clonleigh Community Centre in Lifford and then inside the community centre where he was operating a stall.
On the first occasion he was caught with 349 copies of 64 different titles in his car and then a few weeks later he was observed selling 622 CDs and DVDs inside the community centre.
Killackey of 41 Croaghan Heights, Lifford admitted having the counterfeit goods.
Judge Paul Kelly said this was a “huge issue” for young performers.
“He had almost a thousand discs. This is a huge issue. We read on regular occasions about these cases. These are sometimes struggling young artists and they are being cheated by these people who sell these items.
“This man had 349 discs and a few months later he had another 600. He was totally unrepentant as he went back and out and tried to sell even more of them later.”
Solicitor Kieran O’Gorman said his client was not making much money as he was at the bottom of chain which had been organised by others.
Judge Kelly said it appeared that Killackey was in danger of going to prison but appeared to be taking the charge very lightly.
Judge Kelly adjourned the case to see if Killackey was suitable to do community service.