LOS ANGELES: The British Parliament is launching an inquiry into streaming services and whether artists are paid fairly by Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Google Play and others, according to an announcement Friday.
Julian Knight, committee chair of the department for Digital, Culture, Media and Spot said the growth of the streaming market “cannot come at the expense of talented and lesser-known artistes”, according to the BBC. The announcement states that in the UK, music streaming “brings in more than £1bil (RM5.37bil) in revenue with 114 billion music streams in the last year, however artistes can be paid as little as 13% of the income generated”.