The US music industry is already battling internet piracy and CD-copying, which it has blamed for a 9% slump in CD sales.

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Mr Howells, who was visiting the fair to promote British music, said music piracy encompassed both CD copying and internet downloads.

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Indeed, though there's no denying music's old business model has taken a massive hit in recent years--blame it on piracy, the Web or the advent of the recordable CD--there's still plenty of money to be made in the music industry.

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