“The popularity of digital music players, legal and illegal music downloads on the Internet and the practice of making burn-your-own CDs have helped push 1,000 record stores out of of business in the past two years, according to the Recording Industry Association of America in Washington D.C., a trade group for biggest record labels.
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Others say piracy is only one factor in the decline of music sales.
Growing competition from large national retailers and digital music sites such as Apple Computer Inc.
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