Lily Allen is building an “army”of musicians to protest against music piracy because she believes it stifles homegrown talent.

She took to her blog after music fans bombarded it with negative comments and accused her of only wanting to stop downloads because it harms her financially.

Hours later she deleted the entire anti-piracy blog and told Twitter fans: “The abuse was getting too much.”

Lily had written: “Just so you know, I have not renegotiated my record contract and have no plans to make another record (applause).

“I do however remain a fan of new music, so this is not some selfish crusade.

“The days of me making money from recording music has been and gone as far as I’m concerned, so I don’t (at this point) stand to profit from legislation.

“Except future purchases of previously recorded material (which won’t be much).”

The It’s Not Fair singer added: “Slagging me, my music and my so called ‘family connections’ off, and calling me a government puppet is not going to get anyone anywhere, so stop it.

“I think people assume we artists are a lot richer than you think we are, please bear in mind this doesn’t have anything to do with me or my wealth.”

Despite personal attacks from bloggers, artists such as Aleisha Dixon, Mark Ronson and Gary Barlow have supported her call for a fresh debate about downloads.

She launched the campaign with an open letter to musicians, record companies, internet service providers and government figures.

“I want to get everyone together… to properly talk about this. So we can stop bickering and try and come to a solution.”

Lily signed a £25,000 record deal with Regal Recordings in 2006 and has released two albums.celebs