More than 230 artists write to the Prime Minister calling for fairer payments on streaming services.
Sir Mick Jagger and Sir Tom Jones are among the 234 artists to sign the letter to Boris Johnson
The Rolling Stones and Sir Tom Jones are among the artists who have written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, saying the law "has not kept up with the pace of technological change" when calculating payments. The thrust of their argument is that streaming services and record labels are making billions of pounds in revenue, without distributing it fairly to artists.
To explain: When a song is played on the radio, royalties are split evenly between the record label and the artists/songwriters, with a small portion going to session musicians and backing performers, a system known as equitable remuneration.
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