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Recommendation 10

10 Accepted Paragraph: 44

The Department should investigate how the market for recorded music is operating in the era...

Recommendation
The Department should investigate how the market for recorded music is operating in the era of streaming to ensure that music creators are receiving a fair reward.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government fully recognises the importance of the issue and has the Intellectual Property Office supporting an independent research project to investigate how music creators earn money from streaming, with a report due in Summer 2021.
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Paragraph Reference: 44
Government Response Accepted
HM Government · verbatim extract Accepted
The Government fully recognises the importance of understanding how creators receive remuneration and attribution in a global streaming environment. To that end, the Intellectual Property Office is supporting an independent research project, led by a coalition of industry bodies, including the Ivors Academy, the Musicians Union, the Featured Artists Coalition and PRS for Music, to investigate how music creators earn Impact of Covid-19 on DCMS sectors: Government Response 7 money from streaming. This research is due to report in the Summer of 2021.
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