Source · Select Committees · Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Recommendation 14
14
Rejected
Require Government to consult on measures incentivising optimal publishing rights rates for creators.
Recommendation
Given the contribution of songwriters and composers to the success of music streaming, we recommend that the Government bring forward measures for consultation with fans, music makers and other stakeholders to incentivise an optimal rate for publishing rights in order to fairly remunerate creators for their work. (Paragraph 83) Creator remuneration 45
Government Response Summary
The government rejects the recommendation to bring forward measures for consultation, stating its belief that appropriate remuneration is best achieved through industry negotiations. It welcomes views through the Creator Remuneration Working Group but will not introduce government-led measures at this time.
Government Response
Rejected
HM Government
Rejected
It is important that creators and rights holders, including songwriters and publishers, are appropriately remunerated for the use of their works. This is what allows them to invest their time, effort, and money into creating new music, to the benefit of the public. The government believes that the best way to achieve appropriate remuneration is through negotiations between users and rights holders, underpinned by an effective and balanced copyright regime. Under this regime, song rights holders have achieved increases in their share of streaming revenues, rising from around 8% of revenues in 2008 to 15% of revenues in 2021, as reported in the CMA’s market study into music and streaming. The government therefore welcomes views from songwriters, publishers, and other stakeholders on this issue, and the Creator Remuneration Working Group is the right forum through which they can be expressed, and potential industry-led actions explored in the first instance, before considering further intervention.