From: Intellectual Property
Office
The music industry and UK government are seeking views to help
shape the future of music streaming services.
As part of a project following the UK Industry Agreement on
Music Streaming Metadata in May, players from across the
music industry committed to improve metadata on music streaming
services in the UK.
Improving metadata on streaming services will ultimately improve
how creators are paid and credited for their tracks.
To understand current use of metadata, stakeholders including
music makers, labels and publishers are invited to take part in a
short interview.
Interviews will be completed by 30 November 2023.
The interviews will be conducted by consultants on behalf of
the IPO and
the Technical Solutions Group
(TSG) comprised of
industry experts, who will help bring about improvements as part
the metadata agreement.
Areas for discussion include:
-
what ‘identifiers’ are used for works, recordings, writers
and performers?
-
what problems exist when dealing with incoming
metadata?
-
what works and what does not? This could include examples of
missing/incorrect metadata, problems with cowritten works,
and incorrect shares
Your answers will help develop new proposals for the music
streaming industry and ensure these support the industry
effectively.
The Technical Solutions Group wants to hear from anyone in the
music industry involved with music metadata.
Interviews can be in person, virtually, or by correspondence. The
results will be anonymised.
If you would like to take part in the interviews, please contact
us at musicstreaming@ipo.gov.uk
Notes to editors:
- music streaming metadata is information which describes who
contributed to a track’s creation, and how - such as who wrote a
song, who performed on a recording, and who owns it
- the UK industry
agreement on music streaming metadata sets out a
positive commitment from players across the music streaming
industry to improve metadata on music streaming services in the
UK
- the Technical Solutions
Group (TSG) includes a
range of industry metadata experts. The group will explore
current workflows, standards and technologies and recommend how
to improve them to enable delivery of the core data set as
specified in the agreement
