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Originally Posted by Captain.Remy
No. Just making humongous savings. I only buy CDs from one band: Daft Punk because they're worth buying and they're my idols. Artists (when they're worth buying which is very rare nowadays) can live with illegal downloading. They earn enough money for themselves. I'm not going to cry on their shoulder, there are worst things out there.
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But thats the thing :
It is reckoned that every year 7.3million computer users download tracks illegally, costing the industry £200million.
But many people think it is harmless because rich pop stars won't notice an effect on their bank balances.
Lily Allen disagrees. Here she explains why.
BRITISH music is the best in the world, no contest.
We're proud of it and we're famous for it worldwide.
Shame then that we're sitting back and watching one of our most creative industries face ruin. And if you are illegally file-sharing, you're contributing to the damage.
Illegal file-sharing damages music because it harms new artists.
When you start in a music career, you need money to establish and promote yourself and pay for your material to be recorded.
This money comes from music sales, because when you're a new artist you can't make enough from gigs or selling T-shirts.
If you can't sell your music, you can't go on. It's that simple.
File-sharing cuts off income at the most crucial, cash-strapped point in emerging artists' careers, which means that a generation of new artists won't be able to break through.
I'm not against digital - how could I be? Overall, the internet has had a great effect on music and legal streaming has been positive for my career.
It's because I understand the internet that I'm not afraid to call illegal file-sharing what it is - the biggest threat to British music's future.
Hurt
I blogged about this last week and got hundreds of replies. Some said, "You're rich, so stop moaning."
They're missing the point - this isn't about me. I'm lucky, I've broken through.