Twenty four years old MySpace sensation and singer Lily Allen has joined anti peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing advocates, saying that these websites is a “disaster” and has a more “dangerous effect” in the UK music industry.
In her blog, Allen, who has made a name for herself using MySpace.com, said that file-sharing websites have made it harder for new acts in music to emerge, adding that P2P networks are nothing “but puppets paid for by Simon Cowell”.
Likewise, the singer also blasted the group of musicians and artists who favored file-sharing in the Internet, saying that these people “are only saying it because they could no longer be affected by the ‘degrading’ UK music”.
Allen’s blog came a week after an alliance of music stars, Featured Artists Coalition (FAC), blasted the British government for its proposal to implement harsh penalties to online users who share music files using P2P networks.
FAC members, which include names like Pink Floyd, Blur, and Radiohead, said that the heavy-handed UK government and its proposal may persuade fans from buying records, or worst, may shy away from music for good.
But Allen disagreed on the FAC’s comments, saying that these people are already established and file-sharing has little effect on their music.
“They (FAC) are already big names and bands. It’s fine for them since they can no longer be affected by this. They can have sold-out tours and have Ferraris, Porsche, and other luxury cars in the world. But it’s a different story for new talents, which consider file-sharing websites as a disaster,” Allen said.
The more difficult it is for the emerging acts to make it big in music, the less people will see new artists and British music will be nothing but puppets paid for by Simon (Cowell),” she added.
“File-sharing is just unfair for new acts and the FAC still claims that P2P networks are fine,” the singer said.