[LINK] Lily Allen Distributing Tons Of Copyrighted Music; Blows Way Past Three
Kim Holburn
kim at holburn.net
Fri Sep 25 20:22:29 AEST 2009
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090923/1409046297.shtml
> Lily Allen Distributing Tons Of Copyrighted Music; Blows Way Past
> Three Strikesfrom the put-the-stone-down-lily,-that's-a-big-glass-
> house dept
> Really don't want to turn this into an all Lily Allen all the time
> blog, but reader Peter has sent in something rather interesting:
> When Lily was first trying to get attention, she created a couple of
> mixtapes with a ton of songs from other artists... available as MP3
> downloads, and mixing in her own tracks. This is a well-known
> tradition in some circles and a great way to get some attention.
> We're all for it. But... it seems quite hypocritical of Ms. Allen to
> claim that file sharing is somehow evil and destroying the industry
> when she appears to be an active participant and used it to promote
> herself (oh my goodness! free music working as promotion!).
> According to the tracklisting of the second mixtape, it included 19
> tracks by artists other than Lily Allen. Both mixtapes (mixtape 1
> and mixtape 2) are available directly off of Lily's website,
> LilyAllenMusic.com, which has a copyright notice at the bottom from
> EMI.
>
> So, when Lily notes on her anti-piracy blog that:
>
> Also the government legislation is targeting uploaders -- people
> that make music available illegally It appears that she actually
> qualifies. Quite directly. She's offering music from, among others,
> Jay-Z, Jefferson Airplane, The Specials and The Kinks. Admittedly,
> it's just a quick look around, but it appears many of the artists
> whose works she's distributing for free have no connection with EMI.
> Even if they did, remember EMI was recently claiming that it's never
> authorized MP3s for distribution for publicity purposes. Uh oh.
>
> So... while the hypocrisy of Allen's copying <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090921/0527456270.shtml
> > a Techdirt post was still misunderstood <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090922/0310156273.shtml
> > by some (including Ms. Allen), I'm curious how anyone can say she
> isn't in serious trouble at this point. She claims that people who
> make music available illegally should have their internet
> connections removed. Yet, these two mixtapes, hosted directly on her
> own (EMI copyrighted) website, seem to suggest a pretty massive
> illegal distribution attempt. Given how much the music industry was
> awarded from Jammie Thomas and Joel Tenenbaum for distributing
> significantly fewer songs... not only should Allen be kicked
> offline, but she should be fined too. Or am I missing something from
> the recording industry's "education campaign" on this topic?
>
> Honestly, this whole thing is so insane, I'm beginning to wonder if
> the blog and the statements from Lily Allen are really from her. How
> could someone who is still directly distributing free music from
> others from her own major label site claim a moral high ground
> against music being free?
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