Broken Record campaign

The Broken Record campaign is a campaign expressing music creators’ discontent with the streaming business model and asking for fairer remuneration.[1] The campaign was created by Tom Gray, a musician and part of the rock band, Gomez,[2][3][4][5] in April 2020.[6]

The campaign sought UK government regulation of the music industry and improved rights for music creators under UK Copyright Law. The campaign also sought the shift of business model from the current use of “pro-rata” or “revenue share” model to a user-centric model.[6]

In July 2021, the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee published a report recommending alterations to the streaming business model, while in January 2022, the Competition & Markets Authority announced a study into the music streaming market.

  1. ^ Savage, Mark (7 June 2021). "The Rolling Stones and Tom Jones call for streaming reforms". BBC News.
  2. ^ Harris, John (11 May 2020). "Musicians call for industry shake-up to protect artists during lockdown". The Guardian.
  3. ^ Haring, Bruce (12 June 2021). "This Week In Music: Sony Music Steps Up For Its Older Artists, Cancels Unrecouped Debts". Deadline.
  4. ^ Sisario, Ben (7 May 2021). "Musicians Say Streaming Doesn't Pay. Can the Industry Change?". The New York Times.
  5. ^ Wallace, Wyndham (October 13, 2020). "Gomez's Tom Gray Discusses Musicians In Crisis". The Quietus.
  6. ^ a b Peirson-Hagger, Ellen (11 February 2021). "How a new campaign aims to fix a broken music industry". New Statesman.