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They are being exploited and making illegal profits and it is against the law.\"   Store owners who sell music and DVDs legally are in a minority, but Daoud Ben Mahdi is one of those few.His business trades on quality and reliability, but it is a struggle to stay afloat when his competitors undercut him by selling pirated goods. His CDs and DVDs carry a stamp issued under a government scheme meaning they are licensed copies.\"It is important that the authorities solve it by controlling the whole thing,\" says Ben Mahdi.Local resident Hamid Bouhala is visiting the shop to browse the music on sale.He blames piracy on young people who \"don't have much purchasing power\" so resort to free internet downloads.Singer songwriter Amine Titi is well known in the world of Algerian 'Rai' folk music.But despite that recognition, it is a struggle to make ends meet. He says the ready availability of pirated music on the internet has made life even harder. \"Whenever you release a new song, chances are you'll find it on YouTube by evening,\" Titi complains.He has all but given up on sales of his recordings to earn money.\"Singer-songwriters like me, we make our living through playing at parties and weddings, not through album sales,\" he explains. LEAD IN:The Algerian authorities have destroyed millions of pirated discs in an effort to clamp down on the illegal trade.Artists complain that they are being cheated out of royalties by people who illegally copy their material.STORY-LINE:Mountains of CDs and DVDs are crushed to smithereens.The two million discs contain pirated material - illegal copies of music, films and software.The Algerian authorities are destroying this haul to show it is cracking down on their manufacture and sale.The event is being held in front of the Ministry of Culture with politicians and musicians here to watch the spectacle.The country's biggest star, the singer Khaled, even poses for photographs with other guests.Author Ahlem Mostghanmi is backing the government initiative.\"They are paying particular attention now because there are creative people at the Culture Ministry,\" she says.\"It's an excellent idea (enforcing copyright), above all for artists, we've not had our rights protected.\"Despite being a signatory to numerous international copyright protection agreements, the sale of pirated video games, computer software, films and music has been largely overlooked by Algerian authorities.Algeria was recently placed on a 'priority watch list' of eleven countries targeted by US president Barack Obama's administration for leaving American producers of music, films and other copyrighted material open to rampant piracy.The move could lead to sanctions if the US brings cases to the World Trade Organisation.Minister for Culture Azzedine Mihoubi says piracy also affects Algerians working in the creative industries.\"There are people who steal and pirate the efforts of those editors and intellectuals and creators. They are being exploited and making illegal profits and it is against the law.\"   Store owners who sell music and DVDs legally are in a minority, but Daoud Ben Mahdi is one of those few.His business trades on quality and reliability, but it is a struggle to stay afloat when his competitors undercut him by selling pirated goods. His CDs and DVDs carry a stamp issued under a government scheme meaning they are licensed copies.\"It is important that the authorities solve it by controlling the whole thing,\" says Ben Mahdi.Local resident Hamid Bouhala is visiting the shop to browse the music on sale.He blames piracy on young people who \"don't have much purchasing power\" so resort to free internet downloads.Singer songwriter Amine Titi is well known in the world of Algerian 'Rai' folk music.But despite that recognition, it is a struggle to make ends meet. He says the ready availability of pirated music on the internet has made life even harder. \"Whenever you release a new song, chances are you'll find it on YouTube by evening,\" Titi complains.He has all but given up on sales of his recordings to earn money.\"Singer-songwriters like me, we make our living through playing at parties and weddings, not through album sales,\" he explains. Algiers - 23 May 20161. Various of two earth movers with power shovels and a bulldozer driving over and crushing a mound of more than two million confiscated pirated CDs and DVDs2. Wide of crowd of people outside Culture Ministry building where event is taking place3. Mid of Culture Minister Azzedine Mihoubi (centre - blue suit) talking to invitees4. Mid of musician Khaled Hadj Ibrahim, better known as 'Khaled' 5. Novelist Ahlem Mostghanmi talking to a man6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahlem Mostghanmi, author: \"They are paying particular attention now because there are creative people at the Culture Ministry. It's an excellent idea (enforcing copyright), above all for artists, we've not had our rights protected.\"7. Various of Mihoubi8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Azzedine Mihoubi, Minister of Culture: \"We are part of an international organisation which protects intellectual rights, the rights of the authors. I'm talking about music, book and cinema rights and the like. In Algeria, our people are producing work in these fields, but unfortunately there are people who steal and pirate the efforts of those editors and intellectuals and creators. They are being exploited and making illegal profits and it is against the law.\"   Algiers - 22 May 20169. Wide of shop exterior10. Boy entering shop11. Mid of interior shop selling music and DVDs, men and boy behind shop counters12. Pan from shopkeeper Daoud Ben Mahdi to his assistant13. Various of DVDs on sale14. Mid of Daoud Ben Mahdi talking to assistant15. Close of Daoud Ben Mahdi16. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Daoud Ben Mahdi, DVD and CD seller: \"This phenomenon (of pirating music and films) has existed for a long time in Algeria. We really must stamp it out because it affects everyone - the writers, the singers, the composers, the sellers and the editors. You get me? It is important that the authorities solve it by controlling the whole thing.\"  17. Various of customer Hamid Bouhala inside shop18. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hamid Bouhala, Algiers resident:\"It's mostly young people pirating or buying pirated stuff. One reason why is that young people don't have much purchasing power and with modern technology everything is available on the internet and they can download everything.\"Algiers - 23 May 2016 19. Various of singer-songwriter and musician Amine Titi in his recording studio20. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Amine Titi, musical artist: \"Whenever you release a new song, chances are you'll find it on YouTube by evening. It hits everyone, from the producers to the singers, from the musicians to the studio owners, it's a type of exploitation.\" 21. Titi playing keyboard22. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Amine Titi, musical artist: \"Nowadays with the internet, or what I term the 'internet storm' it is extremely difficult. People treat our music like they would a business card, seeing what is new for whichever singer. Singer-songwriters like me, we make our living through playing at parties and weddings, not through album sales.\" FILE: Sidi Belabes - summer 201523. 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