Rejected petition Stop venues charging commission on visiting bands' merchandise sales.

Bands, especially smaller and upcoming bands, create their merchandise wholly independently and sell as a very important revenue stream. It is totally unfair for venues to charge them a commission.

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Some venues around the country charge visiting artists a commission fee, sometimes as much as 30%, for selling tour merchandise when they play at these venues. Many smaller bands survive on the sale of these items and I believe it is wholly unfair and immoral to rob artists of this revenue. Bands don't take a share of bar takings so why should the venue take a share of merchandise?

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Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

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Decisions about arrangements for selling merchandise at venues are a matter for individual venues, not the UK Government or Parliament.

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Date submitted 21 October 2022
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