Company directors of the Dulwich-based business, David Wheeler, 58, and Phillip Walder, 55, admitted to supplying Gui Chen, 35, with printed inlays over a nine-month period.

The three men were sentenced on 24 March after they all pleaded guilty to conspiracy to make authorised use of trademarks.

Chen was handed a 12-month suspended sentence and 100 hours of community service, while Wheeler and Walder received a nine-month suspended sentence.

The two directors claimed they were forced to supply Chen after their print business fell into financial difficulties.

Chen was not involved with the company but was collecting the printed inlays from Pinpoint and delivering to other premises involved in the production of counterfeit DVDs.  

The illegal DVD-manufacturing factory produced hundreds of thousands of copies of the latest box-office hits.

A joint investigation was carried out by City of London Police and Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT). Three men were arrested in June last year.

Kieron Sharp, FACT director general, said: "This case reflects the serious organised criminal business profiting from piracy.

"Criminals must be aware that the illegal copying, manufacture and distribution of films will lead to prosecution and imprisonment."

According to Companies House, Pinpoint Press was liquidated on 16 March 2011.