Lily Allen no longer supports Mandelson’s proposals
September 25, 2009
U.K. business secretary, Lord Mandelson has been dealt another blow in his campaign to have users of the internet who consistently flout its laws temporarily suspended from gaining access. Lily Allen, who has been very outspoken about the dangers illegal downloading of music posed to new artists as well as the industry as a whole, has now decided to side with other members of the industry in saying that such measures are too severe.
Almost 100 musicians met yesterday to try and come to some sort of an agreement over the issue. The group included members of the Featured Artists Coalition who are opposed to Lord Mandelson’s proposed restrictions on file sharers. The meeting concluded with a vote that saw the majority of musicians agreeing to back moves that were less draconian than those proposed by Mandelson. They decided that a three strike rule should be imposed upon people who illegally download music. First they would receive a letter telling them to stop, then a slightly stronger letter and finally, instead of cutting their internet completely, bandwidth would be reduced making file sharing impossible but leaving open the person’s ability to access email and the web.
The music industry is now likely to find it very hard to continue to push for Lord Madelson’s proposed action. It is expected that record labels and those who look after musicians rights will now have to decide whether or not to get behind these latest proposals.
In the letter to Lord Mandelson the musicians at the meeting added an addendum saying that they would like to thank Lily Allen for alerting the public to the threat illegal file sharing posed to the music industry.
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