{"id":8115,"date":"2009-11-11T23:08:01","date_gmt":"2009-11-11T13:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=8115"},"modified":"2009-11-11T23:20:10","modified_gmt":"2009-11-11T13:20:10","slug":"lily-allen-versus-metallica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=8115","title":{"rendered":"Lily Allen ~versus~ Metallica (?)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Australia will be getting their hands on Lily for three special headline gigs taking place in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne in January 2010!<\/p>\n

Lil’ will be heading down under to wow<\/strong> the crowds on the following dates…<\/p>\n

Tuesday 19th January – River Stage, Brisbane
\nThursday 21st January – Hordern, Sydney
\nThursday 28th January – Festival Hall, Melbourne<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wow<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Also wow<\/strong> is the fact that, a lil’ while ago (September 2009), Lily done a Metallica.<\/p>\n

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In September 2009, Lily started blogging: http:\/\/idontwanttochangetheworld.blogspot.com\/. Sadly, her blogging efforts were less well-received than her muzak, and not long after she opened it, Lily closed her blog down. On September 20, Lily posted the following:<\/p>\n

letter to all artists
\nSunday, September 20, 2009<\/p>\n

The debate on digital music piracy is reaching a critical point as Peter Mandelson and the government move to legislation that will tackle unlawful file sharing. The industry\u2019s had a say, the ISPs have had a say and some artists \u2013 through the Featured Artists Coalition [-] have had a say. But I don\u2019t agree with them. Do you?<\/p>\n

I feel really strongly about file sharing. I see it having a damaging effect on British music \u2013 especially on emerging artists. Overall the internet\u2019s had a great effect on music and been crucial in helping people like me break through. But file sharing is different to legal streaming or making some music available as promotion. File sharing eats away at opportunity for new artists: by cutting off income at the most crucial, cash-strapped point in their careers and by limiting A&R\u2019s ability to sign new acts outside of the mainstream.<\/p>\n

The ISPs have got their message out there: they don\u2019t want to be the internet police. Fine. The industry has got its message out there: they\u2019re losing money and they want it back. No surprises there.<\/p>\n

And now some artists have got their message out there: that file sharing is fine when you\u2019re a successful artist with sell out tours and a back catalogue ready to be sold to a new audience. That might be fine for them, but it\u2019s not fine for the acts that haven\u2019t made it big yet.<\/p>\n

What I\u2019d like is for artists that don\u2019t think file sharing is fine to get their message out there too. I want to make it clear that file sharing is not alright. And I want the industry and the artists that have made it, to look at how we can help those artists that are still struggling to break through in the file sharing age.<\/p>\n

So obviously I\u2019m writing you because I\u2019d really like your help. You don\u2019t have to like my music \u2013 you don\u2019t even have to like me. But if you think file sharing\u2019s not alright and reckon we should be doing more to ensure emerging artists aren\u2019t cut off, then I\u2019d love a hand.<\/p>\n

I want to get everyone together \u2013 the artists, record companies, ISPs and government \u2013 to properly talk about this. So we can stop bickering and try and come to a solution. We can even see if we can come up with some new ideas too.<\/p>\n

I want us to talk about how we support emerging artists. If we support emerging artists, we can ask our fans to support them too. And if we\u2019re not going after piracy, we need to talk about how we are going to support new talent.<\/p>\n

The majority of British artists are against file sharing, because it will harm British music. We can talk about all the legal means of accessing music out there and even come up with new ways to access music, but ultimately we need to establish that we think file sharing is wrong.<\/p>\n

If you agree with what I\u2019m saying and want to be involved with voicing our opinion, then get in touch.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A few days later, Lily was accused of plagiarism — Lily Allen: Copying Isn’t Alright… Unless It’s Done By Lily Allen<\/a> — in response to which she posted the following apology:<\/p>\n

50 CENT POST
\nTuesday, September 22, 2009<\/p>\n

I THINK ITS QUITE OVIOUS [sic] THAT I WASN[‘]T TRYING TO PASS OF [sic] THOSE WORDS AS MY OWN, HERE IS A LINK TO THE WEBSIITE [sic] I ACQUIRED THE PIECE FROM . Apologies to Michael Masnick[.]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Bonus!<\/h2>\n

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See also<\/em> : Single mums : BAD! Copyright : GOOD!<\/a> (June 19, 2009) | Heavy metal in\/from Iraq: You can\u2019t stop the music!<\/a> (October 30, 2008) | \u201cI get so emo, I could die\u201d \/ Drop the attitude, fucker \/ In music, nothing happens\u2026<\/a> (April 30, 2007) | Metal Militia!<\/a> (July 31, 2006) | <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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