The Culture, Media and Sport (CMS) Committee report, for which BECS gave evidence, highlights the precarity facing performers and other creatives and calls for measures to improve copyright protection, pay and conditions.
In September, along with written evidence submitted by BECS, our Ambassadors, John Hollingworth and Danny John Jules, alongside partner organisations, gave enlightening evidence to the CMS Committee on the precarious nature of creator remuneration. The Committee has now published its report and recommendations.
We are delighted to see recommendations for which we have been campaigning, which when implemented, will have a positive impact on pay and conditions for performers. One of the standout recommendations from the report is the implementation of The Smart Fund, which is aimed at compensating creators for private copying of their work. The Committee has recommended that Government work with the UK’s creative industries to introduce a statutory private copying scheme within the next twelve months.
“It is encouraging that the CMS Committee report into creator remuneration recognises the issues facing performers and the industry in general. BECS is pleased that the Committee recognises the significant contribution that the Creative Industry makes to the UK economy; that it understands the unfortunate reality of so many of our creators’ precarious incomes and that it looks at the Smart Fund as one way of safeguarding the continuation of our world-leading industry. We will keep up the pressure on Government to now deliver on this”. Tayyiba Nasser, BECS CEO.
Read the full CMS report here.
Read more on the Smart Fund here.
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