Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: Pirating, Music, Twitter, Lily, Allen | Themes: The Internet, Software, Networking, Digital Entertainment
British pop star Lily Allen was preaching the music anti-piracy sermon while slipping copyrighted music to her fans.
The term "practice what you preach" couldn't ring truer for British pop artist Lily Allen. Apparently, the UK pop singer--known for her hits Smile and The Fear-- has stood upon her pro-copyright soapbox Twitter blog for quite some time, preaching her anti-piracy sermon while slipping illicit mixtapes full of copyrighted music to the public on her LilyAllenMusic.com website. So what's her excuse? She didn't know any better... or so she claims.
"I made those mixtapes 5 years ago, I didn't have a knowledge of the workings of the music industry back then..." she said in a response to Techdirt calling her a hypocrite. But as Techdirt points out, there are many consumers currently paying the price legally and financially who "didn't know any better" while sharing music five years ago. Even though Lily Allen's intentions were admirable in promoting the music the liked, her actions were--and still are--illegal and contradictory to her beliefs.
But now Lily Allen has pulled herself out of the music industry altogether, calling it quits. "I will not make another record,” she said on her Twitter blog. "The days of me making money from recording music has been and gone as far as I’m concerned, so I don’t stand to profit from [anti-piracy] legislation." After that post, Allen added one last post before dismantling her Twitter soap box for good. "I’ve shut down the blog, the abuse was getting too much," she said.
So what's the lesson here? Don't complain about illegal file-sharing bankrupting the music industry while distributing copyrighted music. Karma has a funny way of kicking you in the a$$, right Earl?
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haha, finally a small look of what EVERYONE is doing behind closed doors ....... am i right ?
Lol... Way to go. Dumb chick I bet she felt all butthurt too. Was good claiming shit for copyright yet she saysthat its cause she is too stupid to not share music from other artists, herself? Well some are dumb and poor. You are just dumb, so still no excuse. Glad you are done making money out of what you f**ked up yourself. ffs...
This is brilliant. So she has openly admitted that she only made albums for money.
Then it is such a relief that she will stop, leaves room on the shelf for us real musicians.
The way the industry is nowadays, you are better just making a go of it on the live scene, paying for recordings yourself and only copyrighting it or the sake of potential use in other media. That way, you can ignore average Joe downloading it for free as this is spreading your music far and wide and concentrate on where the money is for the artist, live shows. As long as you are reputable as a live artist and you are prepared to invest the time, you can make your living with the off chance of being large enough to release a profitable record later on with some industry backing.
Lilly Allen would be in some what of a conundrum if it wasn't for her already acquired fame/infamy. Having witnessed her at Bestival, I can say quite confidently that she doesn't have what it takes to be a live.
Anyhow, how ironic that she should be hiding behind the last defence of someone who definitely knew better. The legendary excuse; 'I didn't know any better.'
Biggest douch in the universe nominee anyone?
wait...where's the news about the MAFIAA suing her gazillion of dollar for music sharing? oh wait, she was one of the "family"...
... there should be no copyright... but copy-it-right... i gladly pay a good artist by buying a good album with some extras or buying a concert ticket... and i hope, that the artist get the money from me... not the junk-food-record labels... you can't copy a movie or concert experience...
Goes to show that Twitter users cannot be trusted
I second the "Biggest douch in the universe nominee".
It is much better for folks in music to have dreams of making it in the Industry.I am an artist and shared those dreams until I found out about what it would be like to sign witha large label.And it was not pretty.Since the early 80's all I wanted to do was "put out" my own art and not use any corp label.And years later I do not go back onmy decision.With the Internet now any artist no longer needs these bigwig bozos so they can all go crash and burn.All young musicians can now be their own label and get the money they deserve instead of being ripped off by corp RIAA stooge labels.
And as far as that stupid girl singer I posted on her blog that she was wrong and I freely give away my art as 256-320k mp3.
www.bigmeathammer.com/archives.htm
hahah /facepalm
If only it was LARS...
she needs to get shafted by Bubbah
Geez. Take a look back to where you were 5 years ago. I bet all of you were still using Kazzaa to pirate music. People change as they become more educated. She entered the industry and learned that people are indeed breaking the law when they rip and share music.
If you people haven't learned anything in the last 5 years (probably true in the authors case) then continue circle jerking to your lulz.
Geez. Take a look back to where you were 5 years ago. I bet all of you were still using Kazzaa to pirate music. People change as they become more educated. She entered the industry and learned that people are indeed breaking the law when they rip and share music.If you people haven't learned anything in the last 5 years (probably true in the authors case) then continue circle jerking to your lulz.
The problem here isn't copyright but her congruency. Saying one thing and doing another is completely hypocritical.
The moral here is is not about piracy but about being consistent with your beliefs and principles and showing everyone that your word is good by following through with your actions.
Although that especially applies to people in the spotlight (who are seen as role models), it applies to everyone.
She seems very confused. Also, she made good music. Why is she quitting music altogether? Is she that embarrassed by her lapse in logic?
The depressing thing is that despite her gaping hypocrisy, this is being ignored by almost all the mainstream media (only the Telegraph and Wired have reported it AFAICS) - the rest are going with the "Lily Allen and other artists support the Government". She's being given credit for unifying the artists to support this draconian three strikes law, and they're also reporting how she received "abuse" - despite the fact that most comments on her blog (all of them, that I saw) were reasonable, and plenty of abuse was targetted against those who disagreed with her (e.g., James Allan's offensive rant: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/ [...] dents.html ).
Another hypocrite musician. Big surprise.
'Biggest douch in the universe nominee anyone?
I believe John Edward already was nominated and won.
-South Park Season 6
Pirating is such a strong word
I am entirely and wholeheartedly in support of taking as much away from the music industry as possible - just the same way as they stole my money before the internet age, and continue to steal money from the "honest" people who are foolish enough to dish out $20 for CDs which cost less than 50 cents to make (including all the overhead costs, etc). I download classical music for the most part, and I am pretty sure Beethoven doesn't care...
This is brilliant. So she has openly admitted that she only made albums for money.Then it is such a relief that she will stop, leaves room on the shelf for us real musicians.
Yep, same with those people who work for money. Why does anyone pay for anything anyways?
This will get me some thumbs down but i dont care.
I fully support pirating copy righted music. Im sick of this mass consumption music. And calling this music is like calling a McDonalds Cheesburger Gourmet. If more people pirate then the music industry will collapse and there will no long be "Getting Rich Quick" in the music industry.
The only people that will make music then is the people that really love it. The music industry produces garbage because people will buy it. Stop paying for garbage and they will stop making it.
Thank God! Lily Allen isn't going to make music anymore! This is amazing news!
what we need is more laws passed that make it such that everyone is a criminal. more and more it seems that countries are composed of corporations and not citizens. let's outlaw breathing air too. that way we can walk around in fear of being arrested at any time for any reason.
Anyone remembering the South Park episode where Metallica was against music downloads... for a frigging bath in gold?
Well, it fit the picture pretty much...
what we need is more laws passed that make it such that everyone is a criminal. more and more it seems that countries are composed of corporations and not citizens. let's outlaw breathing air too. that way we can walk around in fear of being arrested at any time for any reason.
I believe this is closer to the truth then to fiction. currently here in the US lawyers run the entire country. They arnt only on the Judicial Branch but also infest both the Legislative and Executive branches. How many of our presidential candidates in the last 5 elections have been lawyers? They have their own built in Lobby for their own special interest group.
Lawyers making laws to benefit lawyers.
redgarl: thanks for reminding of that awesome southpark episode. I feel like watching it again tonight
Yeah, but can she play crysis? Damn, I always mess everything up...
haha busted
She can't play crysis because she would need to pirate it too... and there's no tweeter this time to show it off.