The government responds to Parliament’s streaming report

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week. This week we focus on just one story – because there’s a lot to say about it – the British government’s response to Parliament’s big ‘Economics Of Music Streaming’ report published by Parliament’s Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Select Committee in July. SECTION TIMES 01: Economics of streaming response (00:03:52) (Timings may be slightly different due to adverts) STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK • Government responds to Parliament’s economics of streaming report • Responses to the UK government’s response to Parliament’s Economics Of Streaming Report • Merck Mercuriadis responds to NMPA chief and UK government on impact of majors on song royalties • MU and #brokenrecord welcome government’s economics of streaming response, but want more commitment on copyright reforms • Intellectual Property Office publishes report on music-makers’ earnings ALSO MENTIONED • Music Copyright Explained (IPO & CMU Insights) • Dissecting The Digital Dollar (MMF & CMU Insights) • Good 4 Who? How Music Copyright Has Gone Too Far (The Verge’s Decoder podcast) MORE FROM CMU • Buy MMF and CMU Insights’ Dissecting The Digital Dollar book on Amazon • Sign up to receive the CMU Daily news bulletin