{"id":6087,"date":"2021-12-13T10:58:18","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T10:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/?p=6087"},"modified":"2021-12-13T10:58:18","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T10:58:18","slug":"copyright-law-and-streaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/copyright-law-and-streaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Copyright law and streaming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Brennan MP, introduced a private member&#8217;s bill earlier this year to establish the right to <a href=\"https:\/\/theindustryobserver.thebrag.com\/the-uks-equitable-remuneration-debate-explained\/\">&#8216;equitable&#8217; remuneration<\/a> for musicians and composers for use of their material on streaming platforms. It would seem that this is an attempt to implement <a href=\"https:\/\/committees.parliament.uk\/work\/646\/economics-of-music-streaming\/news\/156593\/mps-call-for-a-complete-reset-of-music-streaming-to-fairly-reward-performers-and-creators\/\">a series of recommendations<\/a> from the DCMS Select Committee. (I think the bill <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicweek.com\/labels\/read\/kevin-brennan-mp-s-music-streaming-bill-fails-to-make-progress-in-house-of-commons\/084780\">will fail to leave the Commons<\/a> as most private member&#8217;s bill do.) See below\/overleaf for more notes and links. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The IP Kat <a href=\"https:\/\/ipkitten.blogspot.com\/2021\/11\/the-uk-copyright-rights-and.html\">describes<\/a> the Bill as follows,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>At the same time, one of the DCMS Select Committee members, Kevin Brennan MP, sponsored a Private Members\u2019 Bill, which proposes to introduce legislation giving effect to some of the recommendations made by the Committee, namely equitable remuneration for streaming, contract adjustment, right of revocation and transparency.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/bills.parliament.uk\/bills\/2901\/publications\">bill, and its notes&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0 are hosted on its Parliament&#8217; page. The following is an extract from the notes,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span id=\"page42R_mcid1\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Currently a right to equitable remuneration is provided under the Copyright, Designs and Patents<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Act 1988 in relation to<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">other exploitation of musical works, however, in relation to the \u201cmaking<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">available\u201d right, that right to equitable remuneration is excluded by the operation of s182D(1)(b) <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It seems to be another of these debates between artists and their lobby and the interests of the platforms and recording industry. See <a href=\"https:\/\/ipkitten.blogspot.com\/2021\/12\/copyright-rights-and-remuneration-of.html\">this<\/a> at the IP Kat for a cynical take on this view,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Brennan MP, introduced a private member&#8217;s bill earlier this year to establish the right to &#8216;equitable&#8217; remuneration for musicians and composers for use of their material on streaming platforms. It would seem that this is an attempt to implement a series of recommendations from the DCMS Select Committee. 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