LOL peter the minute you start selling pirate goods you are a criminal, so while pirate dvd's are not illegal once you start making money off them they become illegal.
Just because you say it, it doesn't make it true.
No, killadoob, it is not illegal. Selling a DVD is not a crime unless you're selling child pr0n on it or state secrets - the former is illegal as is the latter - the latter is called treason. Those are crimes and the medium has nothing to do with the crime - if you sell or give away child pr0n or state secrets on toilet paper you are also committing a crime. Still, someone has to identify the material as that. Selling a DVD on the other hand is not a crime. The only way it can become a crime is if the COPYRIGHT HOLDER files charges. Copyright holders may represent themselves OR they may use an organisation like the BSA or SAFACT or RISA to act on their behalf.
The BSA/SAFACT or RISA will not go after pirates who sell other peoples'/companies copyright works, however. Even you can't go after these people because you can't prove that the pirate does not have rights to resell these DVDs or that they're not legitimate. So if you find eg. JPOP Morning Musume CDs - I doubt many people in SA enjoy MM - who do not have an agent in SA - unless you contact their Japanese rights holder and they authorise you to act on their behalf or pay off RISA, you can huff and puff all you want but those CDs will continue to be sold. RISA/SAFACT/BSA are like the mafia, they only protect the copyright works of companies which pay them protection money. They won't protect my works, they won't protect others' works UNLESS we pay them a subscription fee. In contrast, if someone is giving away or selling contraband (state secrets, bestiality, child pr0n) they will still get hammered by the law as the state acts to prosecute those cases - the state does not automatically get involved in licensing and sale of unauthorized copies' issues.
Another thing i think these people should be nailed because they are making money off someone's work. I download plenty but i am not making any money off other people's work.
It's good that you don't make the laws of this or any other land.
I guess you think someone who steals cellphone's should also be ignored because it is petty theft.
Stealing a phone is called theft, that is definately a crime. Again, someone has to identify it, someone has to first identify their phone is being sold, then they go to the cops and press charges (open a case and make a statement that someone has their phone).
Selling other people's work is theft which is a crime. Why do they keep busting people who are making the pirate dvd's? How does that work peter? 50000 copies ready for sale and they bust the people, explain please. I do agree busting the hawkers is pointless they are still selling illegal goods.
They only bust the people who are making copies of Ster Kinekor or NuMetro licensed DVDs, in other words - their customers.
No wonder this country is so messed up.
Fail logic there peter.
It's not logic - it's the law. I'm explaing to you the law. I can't help it that you lack basic comprehension. 'Nuff said.
Please don't call me Peter. My nick is PeterCH. Never call me Peter again, you are not my friend. Ok? 
So i guess peter selling stolen cellphones and cars is also fine in your opinion.
Lame. Go hide under a rock.
or during the mugging. Must be rather strange getting mugged at gun point while the cops fill out forms before doing anything.
