The Plaintiffs, all legal personae incorporated in terms of the laws of the United States of America, were the owners of the copyrights to, and trademarks appearing on, certain feature films and their trailers ­ allegedly illegal copies of which were found upon the First Defendant's premises. First Defendant, one Ackerman, was the sole member and manager of the Second Defendant, a close corporation, which conducted business as a video hire outlet, trading under the name of "Film World". It was a common cause that the video cassettes in question were found in a lockedwalk­in safe on Film World's premises, together with two video cassette recorders. Videotaped evidence of the shop, the safe and its contents, was obtained and submitted to the Court by a former employee of Ackerman.