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Lily Allen is a bit of an idiot
Lily Allen is quitting the music business (rejoice!), maybe (oh).
Ms Allen is apparently ticked off at the business of people going around finding music that they like and sharing it with their friends.
Lily started a blog - called 'It's not alright' - as a vehicle for ranting on and on about how evil file sharing was but mysteriously pulled it down a couple of days later. Why? The smart money says that it's because she ripped a chunk of text off another web site without crediting it - which is somewhat ironic, given the message she was trying to put across
Further cementing this flimsy stance, she's also removed a couple of previously available mix tapes from her web site. Again, why? A quick listen on the Sneak iPod finds that they contain a lot of samples. Did she get the correct clearance on those? Was the whole business of piracy and music theft less important when it wasn't her lavish lifestyle that was at risk? We'll let you cynics decide.
In the meantime if you want to stay on Lily's side you should try and avoid her. We suggest that if you like her music you keep it to yourself, don't recommend it to anyone - and definitely never listen to it unless you have paid for the privilege. If at all.
RE: Comments
"Technically Lily Allen is using a precise article so as not to be misquoted in any way, & for the public to understand about file sharing."
- The point isn't how precise, it's about how the work is attributed back to it's owner. It's a long standing form of respect to attribute content back to the owner. The fact that Lily didn't list attribution indicates how she really personally considers the issue of copyright... when the record industry's monkeys aren't on her back.
"Is it ironic that people who write about her tend to use words that are not hers, but they claim they are?"
- For you to be defending Lily like this indicates that you have personal involvement with this issue.
"& that makes the writer(s) more that just a bit of an idiot."
- Calling her an idiot is nasty and uncalled for. Whether it's true or not is beside the point. What's clear is that this is a concerted, transparent attempt by the record industry to defame file-sharing.
You and your cronies have harmed Lily Allen by brainwashing her in order to use her as a tool for your own ends. That's why I don't buy music anymore. The music industry are a pack of immoral, self serving, manipulative, lying thugs.
You're unworthy of respect.
Posted by Anonymous | December 1, 2009 3:50 AM
Technically Lily Allen is using a precise article so as not to be misquoted in any way, & for the public to understand about file sharing. Is it ironic that people who write about her tend to use words that are not hers, but they claim they are? or that a writer will often use the full article themselves, written by someone else, to explain her antics. This is case of a complete hypocrite calling someone a hypocrite, & that makes the writer(s) more that just a bit of an idiot.
Posted by anonymous | September 29, 2009 3:57 PM