So, Lily Allen killed her blog, and the revisionism has begun. Almost everyone (including, worryingly, mainstream publications) is hailing her as some kind of hero, saying she suffered terrible ‘abuse’ and that’s why the blog died. Funny that no-one’s reporting that fact that she got busted for illegally sharing copyrighted music herself, which is what the vast majority of negative responses were down to. And the fact many of the comments were constructive shows how uninterested Allen was in a discussion (or, perhaps, that she was simply unable to have the discussion), given that she deleted everything.
So, to recap:
- Stealing music is wrong
- Stealing music isn’t wrong if you do it on the way to becoming famous and become famous.
- Stealing music is wrong if you do it on the way to becoming famous but don’t actually become famous.
Glad we cleared that up.
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