HEAT IS ON AT STREAMING INQUIRY

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HEAT IS ON AT STREAMING INQUIRY

12/1/20

Artists fear reprisals from labels and streaming services for giving evidence to a British Government committee, which has led to the chair of the inquiry issuing a warning against anyone punishing witnesses.

DCMS Committee Chair Julian Knight MP said today that he’s been told that “some of the people interested in speaking to us have become reluctant to do so because they fear action may be taken against them if they speak in public.”

The statement doesn’t specify who’s being threatened by whom, but songwriter Tom Gray—a key witness in the inquiry—tells us via social media that potential artist witnesses fear being blacklisted by streaming services and losing the support of their labels.