CD piracy costing music industry €5m a year

AT least €5 million is lost to the Irish music industry every year as a result of CD piracy, not including additional losses through unpaid VAT and other costings, according to the Irish music watchdog IRMA.

The association for recording artists said that door- to-door selling was proving to be a growing problem.

IRMA said the vast majority of people dealing in pirate CDs are Irish, while it is also a problem within the Travelling community and only occasionally with non-nationals.