Court convicts defendant of copyright infringement for copying multiple software programs without permission.

The Regional Court in Kędzierzyn-Koźle convicted the defendant of copyright infringement for illegally copying numerous computer programs onto his hard drive between 2014 and 2016. The prosecution argued that the defendant acted with premeditation to gain financial advantage by exploiting the price difference between legal and illegal copies, causing damage to multiple rights holders. The court upheld the conviction under Article 278 of the Criminal Code, sentencing the defendant to five months of suspended imprisonment and ordering the forfeiture of the seized computer drive.