<div>the featured artists coalition oppose ideas such as disconnecting users who engage in piracy and also agree that it is ridiculous to count a pirated download as a lost sale<br></div><div>bbc article: <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8247376.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8247376.stm</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>FAC news page:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.featuredartistscoalition.com/showscreen.php?site_id=161&screentype=folder&screenid=2990">http://www.featuredartistscoalition.com/showscreen.php?site_id=161&screentype=folder&screenid=2990</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>articles worth reading:</div><div><h3>FAC Position on File-Sharing</h3><span class="date">21st September 2009</span></div><div><span class="date"><br></span></div><div><span class="date">and<br></span></div>
<div><span class="date"><br></span></div><div><h3>Joint Statement on P2P Legislation</h3><span class="date">10th September 2009</span><span class="date"><br></span></div><div><span class="date"><br></span></div><div><span class="date">are worth a read i think<br>
</span></div><div><span class="date"><br></span></div><div><span class="date"><a href="http://torrentfreak.com/artists-dont-want-pirate-fans-to-be-disconnected-090518/">http://torrentfreak.com/artists-dont-want-pirate-fans-to-be-disconnected-090518/</a><br>
</span></div><div><span class="date">this is the article that was posted on the bcc which i cannot locate anymore<br></span></div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 7:08 PM, Michael Nadler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michaelnadler@pirateparty.org.au">michaelnadler@pirateparty.org.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><h1>Lily Allen doesn't mind burnt music</h1><br><a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/3088482/Lily-Allen-doesn-t-mind-burnt-music" target="_blank">http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/3088482/Lily-Allen-doesn-t-mind-burnt-music</a><br>
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Lily Allen has made a U-turn in her stance on music piracy.
</p>
<p>The Not Fair singer - who launched a scathing attack on
illegal file-sharing on her MySpace blog and attacked indie group
Radiohead for giving their latest album away on a pay-what-you-want
basis - claims she doesn't care if people copy her albums and sell them
on for a profit.</p>
<p>Allen, 24, told UK radio station Key 103
Radio: "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 do of value on my music."</p>
<p>In Allen's
original blog post she said downloading was starving up-and-coming
artists of money they need to keep producing music, and attacked the
Featured Artists Coalition (FAC) - whose members include Travis singer
Fran Healy, Blur drummer Dave Rowntree and Radiohead guitarist Ed
O'Brien.</p>
<p>She wrote: "I'm going to be writing to British
artists, saying just this: File sharing's not OK for British music. We
need to find new ways to help consumers access and buy music legally,
but saying file sharing's fine is not helping anyone - and definitely
not helping British music."</p>
<p>The FAC recently called for the
British government to abandon proposals to cut off the internet
connections of people who illegally download music.</p>Mick.<br>DSG.<br><br>
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