Monday 22
March, 16.00
The DCMS Committee will question Ministers from two Government
departments in the final session of the economics
of music streaming inquiry.
MPs are considering issues underlying the production and
licensing of streamed music which have led to calls for a review
of the distribution of streaming revenues in a more equitable
way.
DCMS Minister Caroline Dinenage and BEIS Minister Amanda Solloway
will be asked to address a range of issues that have been raised
across the inquiry including how streaming payments are split,
artists’ deals with record labels, the market dominance of major
music groups, and copyright law.
Witnesses, 16.00:
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Minister for Digital and Culture, Department for Digital,
Culture, Media and Sport
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, Minister for Science, Research and Innovation,
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial
Strategy
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Robert Specterman-Green, Director of Media and Creative
Industries, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and
Sport
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Tim Moss, Chief Executive, Intellectual Property
Office
The inquiry has heard from streaming platforms Spotify, Apple and
Amazon, see link to
transcript and video. Online platform YouTube has also given
evidence. Representatives of
the UK’s independent musicsector and
senior executives from major
record labels Sony Music, Warner Music and Universal Music
also appeared before MPs.
Artists and performers who have given evidence include songwriter
and producer Nile Rodgers in the second
session and Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien, Elbow’s Guy Garvey and
soloist Nadine Shah at the first
hearing.
In December, Committee Chair released a statement concerning
potential witnesses who might be deterred from coming forward
because of fears that action would be taken against them.
The DCMS Committee’s inquiry into the economics of streaming was
launched on 15 October 2020.
