Because there is no regulatory organism that oversees by law and ensures fair treatment by streaming platforms such as Apple Music and Spotify, multiple British artists have signed a petition to stop acts such as the minimum payment to musicians who are part from your playlists.

The conflict has worsened to the point that world-class stars such as the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Kate Bush or Coldplay have requested a correct regulation of this American technology from the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson.

It is important to mention that the proposal already enjoys the support of the United Nations through the World Intellectual Property Organization, a body that maintains that music “should be considered a right of public communication.”

For their part, the Music Producers Guild (MPG) and the Musicians Union, responsible for publishing the open letter signed by various British artists, assure that: “the United Kingdom has a long and proud history in which we have always protected our producers, entrepreneurs and inventors. We believe that all these British creators deserve the same protection that you get in other industries when their work is devalued. “

It is interesting that the demand to create a regulatory body, whose function is to channel the income received by British artists, came within the framework of the UK presidency at the G7, precisely when reaching a historic agreement among its members to ensure that companies that operate in their territories cannot tax their activity outside their borders.

In this sense, the world of music in the United Kingdom not only faces this problem with streaming platforms, since they assure that record companies also, during a parliamentary session in Westminster in December last year were accused of staying with up to 82 % of the income generated in this way by the music of its artists.

Finally, the results of the investigation will be made public this summer, which could lead to the modernization of the Copyright Law of 1988.