Select committee: Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Conclusion 5
Fifth Report - Creator remuneration
Published 10 Apr 2024
Paragraph 58
Addressed to Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee Creator remuneration All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Conclusion (the committee's words)
Freelancers make up a significant portion of the creative workforce but lack a single clear voice representing their interests to Government. This has resulted in a decline in pay and conditions that will cause long-term harm to the sector.
From: Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Fifth Report - Creator remuneration (HC 156), paragraph 58, 10 April 2024
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 1 November 2024 (deadline 10 June 2024).
Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.The government welcomes the report but sets out a largely evidence-gathering and industry-led approach, with few firm commitments to the legislative or statutory measures the Committee recommended.
- On a statutory private copying scheme, the government is "not ruling out" a private copying exception and levy, but "further evidence is needed"; the IPO will meet creative industries representatives on strengthening the evidence base.
- On AI and copyright, the government "intend[s] to proceed carefully but with a degree of urgency" and "hope[s] to announce next steps soon". It does not set the deadline for legislation that the Committee sought.
- On freelancers, it does not state a position on a Freelancers' Commissioner. A Good Work Review sub-group is "expected to discuss proposals" for one, and the five Good Work proposals are to be implemented "by March 2026".
- On music streaming, its "current view" is that dialogue and "industry-led action" are best. It is confident the Working Group's membership is adequate and will "adapt the group if it feels it is necessary".