A book shop owner who sold Hitler’s Mein Kampf has been sentenced to a fine of 7,500 (1,800 euro) by a court in the Poznan, western Poland.
Thirty nine year-old Wlodzimierz P., who owns an internet book shop, was selling Mein Kampf for five months – from November 2005 to March 2006 – without the right to do so. The book was a bestseller and brought in good profits.
The state of Bavaria, which holds copyright for the book, has demanded a year and a half imprisonment for Wlodzimierz P. but the court in Poznan decided that a high fine would be more suitable.
In May, a publisher of Mein Kampf, from the western city of Wroclaw was sentenced to three months in prison and a fine of 10,000 zloty (2,400 euro) for violating copyright laws. (mg)