The boss of Universal explains how Africa and Universal are on the same side in the CD music copying argument:

"What is now happening, which is very scary, is a deterioration of morals in how the consumer views piracy. They see it as a victimless crime. They don’t feel sorry for the music industry. There has been a change in perception caused by the popularity of blank CDs. People say that if a blank costs 10p, why do recorded discs cost £12? Their answer is that we must be ripping them off. They forget the cost in recording it.

"We cannot see these misguided people simply as thieving bastards – we have to try to educate them and show them how much it’s damaging the cultural environment."

Larsen cites Africa as showing the worst that can happen if piracy is allowed to run rife. "There was a time when we and other music majors had an office in six or seven African nations," he says. "Now, there is nothing between the Mediterranean and Johannesburg. We used to record a lot of local music. Now the only way you can hear it is if you go to a bar in Nairobi. There's nothing wrong with live music, but you can't share it with the world. So you destroy that cultural diversity in music."

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