10 April 2024
The Culture, Media and Sport (CMS) Select Committee has published a report, calling for better support and compensation for creators, through a statutory scheme to pay them for their copyright.
The report follows the CMS session on Creator Remuneration on 19th September 2023. The extension of existing collective licensing schemes was tabled as a means to alleviate low remuneration for creators. Representatives from Collective Management Organisations across the Creative industries provided evidence to the committee on the issues affecting creator remuneration in the UK.
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 content. This recommendation is a beacon of hope for creators – including actors, artists, authors and directors – who have long grappled with unpredictable earnings, particularly in the era of digital consumption. The committee recommended that the UK government work with the creative industries to develop a statutory private coping scheme, to be produced in the next twelve months.
The Smart Fund is a proposal by organisations from across the creative industries, that will ensure creators and performers are paid fairly for their work when it is accessed, distributed, and stored on digital devices. It does this using a small percentage from sales of electronic devices which enable copying and storing creative content. The Smart Fund would enable creators to be fairly compensated when their works are copied or moved across digital devices.
This initiative not only addresses the immediate need for creators to receive proper remuneration but also aligns with similar successful schemes implemented in 45 other countries around the world, including Canada, Japan, France, Germany, Spain. It is estimated that implementing such a scheme in the UK could generate between £250-300million a year for creators, without cost to the government or to consumers. In some countries where similar schemes exist, such as Germany and France, 10% to 15% of the residual payment goes into national arts and culture funding.
The extension of existing collective licensing schemes was tabled as a means to alleviate low remuneration for creators.
For more information, please contact communications@dacs.org.uk
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10 April 2024
The Culture, Media and Sport (CMS) Select Committee has published a report, calling for better support and compensation for creators, through a statutory scheme to pay them for their copyright.
The report follows the CMS session on Creator Remuneration on 19th September 2023. The extension of existing collective licensing schemes was tabled as a means to alleviate low remuneration for creators. Representatives from Collective Management Organisations across the Creative industries provided evidence to the committee on the issues affecting creator remuneration in the UK.
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 content. This recommendation is a beacon of hope for creators – including actors, artists, authors and directors – who have long grappled with unpredictable earnings, particularly in the era of digital consumption. The committee recommended that the UK government work with the creative industries to develop a statutory private coping scheme, to be produced in the next twelve months.
The Smart Fund is a proposal by organisations from across the creative industries, that will ensure creators and performers are paid fairly for their work when it is accessed, distributed, and stored on digital devices. It does this using a small percentage from sales of electronic devices which enable copying and storing creative content. The Smart Fund would enable creators to be fairly compensated when their works are copied or moved across digital devices.
This initiative not only addresses the immediate need for creators to receive proper remuneration but also aligns with similar successful schemes implemented in 45 other countries around the world, including Canada, Japan, France, Germany, Spain. It is estimated that implementing such a scheme in the UK could generate between £250-300million a year for creators, without cost to the government or to consumers. In some countries where similar schemes exist, such as Germany and France, 10% to 15% of the residual payment goes into national arts and culture funding.
The extension of existing collective licensing schemes was tabled as a means to alleviate low remuneration for creators.
For more information, please contact communications@dacs.org.uk
Find out more: