This started in 2006 & to date it has not been addressed because successive UK Governments have green lighted a targeted operation to sweep the problem under the carpet.
In 2005, I set up a business selling CDs, namely mixtape CDs after graduating from Uni. They were prevalent in stores such as HMV, Tesco's, Woolworths and more. And Woolworths were the actual UK distributor of these mixtape CD's in 2005.