Dark Helmet alerts us to the news that our good friend Lily Allen is back in the news discussing file sharing again. Tragically, it does not appear that she’s used her “time off” to better understand copyright issues very much. Unlike nearly everyone else who complains about copyright infringement, she’s apparently “all for” infringing on her copyrights, just so long as you pay someone — even if it’s the guy on the street selling the counterfeit CDs. Seriously:
“If someone comes up with a burnt copy of my CD and offers it to you for £4 I haven’t a problem with that as long as the person buying it places some kind of value on my music.”
Yes, so while some musicians have said they’re fine with non-commercial file sharing, but are against anyone selling their unauthorized works, Ms. Allen seems to have taken the opposite approach. Counterfeit all you want, just as long as you profit from it. Yeah. Someone should explain to her the difference between price and value, and also the benefits of word of mouth marketing. But, it doesn’t seem like she’s much interested in actually understanding this stuff, so if you want to help her understand, maybe go set up a shop selling burned copies of her CDs, and see what happens.
Of course, if we take this seriously, it shows how little she’s thought this through. Her earlier complaint was that when people file share, they don’t provide money back to the artists and the labels. Of course, when counterfeiters are selling on the street, the same thing is true, but suddenly it’s okay? At what point does the world realize that Ms. Allen doesn’t know what she’s talking about?
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