This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Make streaming services like spotify pay there artists more!
I want the government to have a debate on wether streaming services should pay artists more than the outrageous pay that they pay now.
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We need a voice for the artists who put so much time, effort, and money into there craft of music to make sure they are paid what they deserve, the owner of spotify is currently worth over $3 Billion, yet only pays hard working artists $. 0033. The only way to make a decent living off music is to be hitting very high streams of 1million + on all your music, which is very hard to do, people are hitting 500k streams and putting there life into it and coming out with a pay of $200. Music is therapeutic.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We understand that you are concerned about the remuneration artists receive from streaming services, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
It is up to individual artists what contracts to enter into with streaming services, but we could accept a petition calling for changes to the law around remuneration for copyrighted material, but you would need to be clear how you wanted this to work.
The House of Commons Library has produced a briefing note on a Private Member’s Bill, the Copyright (Rights and Remuneration of Musicians, Etc.) Bill, which might be useful if you want to start a new petition: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9385/
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