ABSTRACT
There has been a lack of publicly available evidence about the economics of streaming, and about the complex processes for allocating and distributing music revenues to music labels, publishers, streaming platforms and ultimately the performers. The report looks into how earnings from streaming are distributed among rightsholders and creators. The aim of this research was to provide objective evidence to inform the debate about music creators’ earnings, and the government’s response to the DCMS parliamentary inquiry into ‘Economics of Streaming’ …
Hesmondhalgh, David and Osborne, Richard and Sun, Hyojung and Barr, Kenny, Music Creators’ Earnings in the Digital Era (September 23, 2021). Intellectual Property Office Research Paper forthcoming.
First posted 2022-04-27 10:00:32
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