The BPI blamed the decline on piracy and accused the government of taking too long to tackle the problem.
Declining occurrence of piracy and enforcement against it might encourage new offenders to try their hand at maritime crime, like authorities are seeing in the Gulf of Guinea.
Focus was doing remarkably well in a time when the movie industry was still in the midst of an upheaval brought about by the decline of the DVD, piracy and the general economic crisis, among other factors.
Record sales are in decline not only because of piracy.
Robert M. Kruger, the group's vice president for enforcement, said that despite small declines in the rate of piracy, the dollar amount was growing as the nation developed.
"Hart was very successful: the frequency of piracy declined, and the nucleus of a relatively efficient coast guard was formed with its spine consisting of British advisors and British-trained Somali militia acting as boarding parties.
As the book industry gathered for its annual convention in New York this week, it had plenty to be nervous about: the threat of piracy, the decline of brick-and-mortar stores and the perhaps-too-low price of e-books.
Revenues from Suez Canal have also declined especially after the escalation of piracy in the Red Sea that made many shipping companies take safer routes.
Painted in the 19th century, its colorful images tell the story of piracy and its decline in southern China after the arrival of a governor general, Bailing.
Ultimately, the combination of piracy and the decline in album sales would take their toll and the record business would lose more than half of its' value over the next fifteen years.
