Artists call on Boris Johnson to fix streaming - a podcast by Complete Music Update (CMU)

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

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