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Counterfeiters' booty grows to 1bn discs
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| Illegal copies of CDs cost the world music industry an estimated $4.5bn (£2.4bn) last year, with a record 1.1bn counterfeits being produced. |
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Jul 23, 2004 07:07:05 |
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 98 ( -14 -14.28% ) | | Author | Guardian |
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