Artists call on Boris Johnson to fix streaming

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the letter to UK Prime Minister 'Boris' Johnson from 156 musicians demanding that he fix music streaming, and another letter sent by an alliance of copyright industry trade groups to the European Union demanding that it beef up an element of its proposed Digital Services Act. SECTION TIMES 01: Letter to 'Boris' Johnson (00:06:59) 02: Letter to the EU (00:30:05) (Timings may be slightly different due to adverts) STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK • 156 artists call on UK government to add ER to streams and launch competition investigation into the majors • Copyright groups say European Union’s Digital Services Act should do more to stop piracy sites operating anonymously ALSO MENTIONED • CMU+TGE 2021 Panel: Learning By Doing – Young Guns Artist Campaign Team • CMU+TGE 2021 Panel: Getting Rights Data Right • CMU+TGE 2021: Thursday’s Keynote In Conversations • Buy delegate passes for The Great Escape Online 2021 MORE FROM CMU • All about the Great Escape conference • Book your place on CMU's weekly webinars • Buy MMF and CMU Insights' Dissecting The Digital Dollar book on Amazon • Sign up to receive the CMU Daily news bulletin