Last month the UK government published a new Transparency Code for music streaming, in which digital service providers, record labels, music distributors, music publishers and collecting societies commit to communicate more information to artists, songwriters and their managers about how their music is used by streaming platforms and how digital royalties are calculated.
The code was facilitated by the Intellectual Property Office as part of the Economics Of Streaming work that was instigated by government following the Parliamentary inquiry into the digital music sector. Transparency issues were raised by music creators and managers who gave evidence as part of that inquiry and were summarised by MPs on the Culture Select Committee in their final report.
Trade organisations from across the UK industry were involved in negotiating the code, including those representing labels, publishers, distributor and streaming services, and artists, musicians, songwriters, studio producers and managers. CMU asked representatives from three of those organisations to give their perspectives on the code, where it fits in and what needs to happen next.
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