Yesterday (January 3), the singer published an article in the New York Times asking for tighter controls over the downloading of music and films on the Web.
The Irish rocker wrote, "The only thing protecting the movie and TV industries from the fate that has befallen music and indeed the newspaper business is the size of the files."
The star added that the people who suffer the most from illegal downloading are "the creators – in this case, the young, fledgling songwriters who can’t live off ticket and T-shirt sales."
"Perhaps movie moguls will succeed where musicians and their moguls have failed so far, and rally America to defend the most creative economy in the world, where music, film, TV and video games help to account for nearly four per cent of gross domestic product," Bono concluded.