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MU welcomes call for cultural visa waiver by the domestic advisory groups put in place by post-Brexit agreement

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Brexit • 2 min read

MU welcomes call for cultural visa waiver by the domestic advisory groups put in place by post-Brexit agreement

The Musicians’ Union has welcomed a statement from the UK and EU post-Brexit ‘domestic advisory groups’ calling for the creation of a cultural visa waiver to help British artists touring Europe…

Chris Cooke • 16 Nov 2023

Setlist Podcast: Competition law concerns over Spotify’s royalty plans

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Spotify • 3 min read

Setlist Podcast: Competition law concerns over Spotify’s royalty plans

Competition law expert Amelia Fletcher's letter to Spotify boss Daniel Ek about the streaming services plan for a two-tier royalty system, and the rickrolling takedown battle between two stream-ripping platforms…

Andy Malt & Chris Cooke • 10 Nov 2023

Music industry contributes £6.7 billion GVA to British economy

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UK Music • 3 min read

Music industry contributes £6.7 billion GVA to British economy

UK Music has published its annual report on the economic impact of the British music industry, which contributed £6.7 billion to the UK economy last year in terms of gross value added, with exports topping £4 billion…

Chris Cooke • 07 Nov 2023

Music industry restates artificial intelligence priorities ahead of UK government's AI Safety Summit

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Music industry restates artificial intelligence priorities ahead of UK government's AI Safety Summit

UK Music has sent a letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak setting out the industry’s priorities for AI regulation ahead of the AI Safety Summit that is being staged by the British government this week…

Chris Cooke • 31 Oct 2023

UK Music calls for government support to secure the future of the music industry

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Lobbying • 1 min read

UK Music calls for government support to secure the future of the music industry

In the run-up to party conference season, UK Music has called for a comprehensive government strategy to secure the music industry’s future - in particular placing emphasis on investing in music education to avoid a "lost generation" of talent…

Andy Malt • 12 Sep 2023

43% of Brexit-hit artists say touring EU is no longer viable, according to UK Music survey

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Brexit • 2 min read

43% of Brexit-hit artists say touring EU is no longer viable, according to UK Music survey

UK Music has published the results of a new survey of 1461 music-makers about the impact of Brexit - with 30% stating that the UK leaving the EU has impacted on their income…

Chris Cooke • 08 Sep 2023

UK Music sets out proposals for AI regulation in letter to government

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AI • 3 min read

UK Music sets out proposals for AI regulation in letter to government

The boss of cross-sector trade group UK Music, Jamie Njoku-Goodwin, has written to Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer urging the UK…

Chris Cooke • 12 Jul 2023

UK Music sets out priorities for regulation of music-making AI

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AI • 4 min read

UK Music sets out priorities for regulation of music-making AI

The boss of cross-sector trade group UK Music, Jamie Njoku-Goodwin, last week set out the British music industry’s priorities…

Chris Cooke • 26 Jun 2023

UK Music welcomes government decision to abandon new data mining copyright exception

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Artificial Intelligence • 2 min read

UK Music welcomes government decision to abandon new data mining copyright exception

UK Music has welcomed a statement from intellectual property minister George Freeman to the effect that the UK government will not be proceeding with a proposed new copyright exception covering text and data mining by AI companies.…

Chris Cooke • 02 Feb 2023

UK creative industries welcome new report from House Of Lords committee – which also hits out at proposed AI copyright exception

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Creative UK • 3 min read

UK creative industries welcome new report from House Of Lords committee – which also hits out at proposed AI copyright exception

Reps for the UK’s creative industries have welcomed a new report from the Communications And Digital Committee of the…

Chris Cooke • 18 Jan 2023