The government has been investigating music streaming since 2019, and in 2021 identified an “imbalance” in royalties. It has launched a working group to specifically look at how artists are compensated. In May this year, the music industry committed to improving metadata for tracking songs on music streaming platforms, following widespread criticism from artists. Universal Music Group and Deezer are to jointly launch a music streaming model aimed at generating bigger royalties for artists. It will mean artists will be paid more if users actively choose to listen to their music, rather than doing so because a song auto-plays. Do you think that artists are paid poorly on royalties globally ?

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