Geysa Albuquerque
Reporter Agência Brasil

Brasília - Today is National Anti-Piracy Day and it will be celebrated here in Brasilia at the Congress where 500,00 illegal CDs will be destroyed.

According to the director general of the association of CD producers (Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos) (ABPD), Paulo Rosa, piracy exists for two reasons: "First, the technology is available; second, the lack of control over the informal market where illegal copies are openly sold."

Rosa said the government was fighting the problem with good laws. He said the idea of making CDs cheaper was very interesting.

Translation: Allen Bennett