A hard-working signwriter was told he could have been jailed after it was discovered he had a sideline in selling counterfeit clothing on eBay.
Private investigators working for trademark holders in the music industry alerted officers at West Yorkshire Trading Standards and they then carried out an inspection at Stephen Clarkson's premises on Grove Street, Brighouse , in January last year.
Prosecutor Michael Walsh told Bradford Crown Court that officers seized items of clothing bearing registered trademarks as well as a computer which had software on it which could be used to create and print off heat transfers.
Mr Walsh said they also found an email from another trader telling Clarkson that he was infringing copyright laws.
Clarkson, 36, of High Meadows, Greetland , pleaded guilty to 14 charges relating to the supply of hundreds of counterfeit band T-shirts for groups such as Motörhead, The Stone Roses, and Metallica.
The clothing also included bootleg items for American football teams such as the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks.
Mr Walsh said the charges covered the sale of counterfeit items worth more than £26,600.
He said Clarkson would also face a further hearing next year under the Proceeds of Crime Act.
The court heard that Clarkson had no previous convictions and Recorder Mark McKone said that meant he could suspend his eight-month jail term for two years.
"If you'd got a history of committing crime you would have been going to prison, but I accept you are generally a hard-working man and you play an important part in the life of your wife and children," the judge told Clarkson.
He said he had read impressive references on behalf of Clarkson and he was confident he would not come back before the courts again.
"Some people, probably including you at the time, do not take seriously enough trademark offences," said the judge.
"As has been opened, in 2016 trademark offences cost the economy some 17 billion pounds. The offences damage legitimate businesses and ultimately can cost people their jobs."
Although the judge accepted that Clarkson was running a legitimate business he said for more than two years he had also been involved in printing illegal garments which he then sold on eBay.
The judge said Clarkson seemed to have continued the activity even after receiving the complaint about infringing copyright.
Recorder McKone said Clarkson would also have to do 280 hours unpaid work for the community as part of his sentence to reflect how close he had come to going immediately to custody.
