Department Of Culture Media & Sport - CMU | the music business explained (Page 3)

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Culture Secretary considering new export office to mitigate Brexit damage to creative industries

The UK government is considering a state-funded creative export office to help performers handle post-Brexit visa and permit issues for touring in Europe.…

Chris Cooke • 22 Feb 2021

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"No appetite" for touring agreement with EU, deals with individual states now "likely success route", select committee hears

Government evidence to a select committee suggests deals with individual EU states are now the likely route to visa-free touring, after an EU-wide agreement was rejected.…

Andy Malt • 17 Feb 2021

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MPs to quiz Culture Minister on failure to secure visa-free touring in EU trade deal

Digital and Culture Minister Caroline Dinenage will face a select committee hearing on the failure to secure visa-free touring for musicians in the EU trade deal.…

Andy Malt • 15 Feb 2021

Business News • 5 min read

Safe harbour in the spotlight as tech platforms questioned as part of Parliament's streaming inquiry

YouTube and SoundCloud were questioned by MPs on copyright safe harbour, with BPI boss Geoff Taylor arguing it weakens the music industry's licensing position.…

Chris Cooke • 12 Feb 2021

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MU and Ivors say they are optimistic of "fairer deal" as Parliament's streaming inquiry proceeds

The MU and Ivors Academy presented their case for a bigger share of streaming revenue for artists and songwriters at the latest Parliamentary streaming inquiry hearing.…

Chris Cooke • 11 Feb 2021

Business News • 6 min read

Indie labels in the spotlight as Parliament's economics of streaming inquiry continues

Indie label representatives gave evidence to MPs in the streaming inquiry, largely agreeing with the majors on user-centric royalties and stream definitions but disagreeing on contracts.…

Chris Cooke • 05 Feb 2021

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Dissecting The Streaming Inquiry #10: Curation and algorithms

CMU's review of the streaming inquiry explores how streaming platforms' curation and algorithms shape discovery, and the concerns this raises for artists and labels.…

Chris Cooke • 05 Feb 2021

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Dissecting The Streaming Inquiry #09: Safe harbour

CMU's review of the streaming inquiry looks at copyright safe harbour, explaining why the music industry wants user-upload platforms like YouTube to face greater liability.…

Chris Cooke • 04 Feb 2021

Business News • 5 min read

Dissecting The Streaming Inquiry #08: Royalty chains

CMU's review of the streaming inquiry looks at songwriter royalty chains, examining how delays, deductions and bad data affect what songwriters earn from streams.…

Chris Cooke • 03 Feb 2021

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Dissecting The Streaming Inquiry #07: Music rights data

This CMU Insights analysis explains how music rights data and complex royalty chains affect how much songwriters earn from streams, as raised in the UK inquiry.…

Chris Cooke • 02 Feb 2021

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Dissecting The Streaming Inquiry #06: Transparency

This CMU Insights analysis examines the transparency debate around streaming business models, revenue share deals and algorithms, as raised in submissions to the UK Parliament inquiry.…

Chris Cooke • 01 Feb 2021

Business News • 8 min read

Dissecting The Streaming Inquiry #05: User-centric royalty distribution

This instalment of CMU's series on the UK Parliament's streaming inquiry explains the debate over user-centric royalty distribution versus the current pro-rata model.…

Chris Cooke • 29 Jan 2021