gone from being a discretionary purchase in the context of streaming, to now very much being a utility. that money is not being shared by the record companies on a fair and equitable basis with the artists. # now what you hear is not a test cos i m rapping to the beat. # the group of mps wants the government to order an investigation by the competition and markets authority to look at the impact of the dominance of the major music companies. they hope an overhaul of the streaming industry will help to create an environment where musicians get a fairer slice of the profits. ramzan karmali, bbc news. with me new is legendary musician nile rodgers along with his manager, merck mercuriadis, founder of hipgnosis an artist management and music publishing firm, both gave evidence to the dcms committee inquiry into the economics of streaming. i would like to start with you,
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services themselves. they ve saved the music industry. really what s happened is music has gone from being a discretionary purchase in the context of streaming, to now very much being a utility. that money is not being shared by the record companies on a fair and equitable basis with the artists. # now what you hear is not a test cos i m rapping to the beat. # the group of mps wants the government to order an investigation by the competition and markets authority to look at the impact of the dominance of the major music companies. they hope an overhaul of the streaming industry will help to create an environment where musicians get a fairer slice of the profits. ramzan karmali, bbc news. now, after it was postponed last summer because of covid, the open championship is finally under way at sandwich. 0ur sports correspondent andy swiss reports. ? morning, everybody. you have your qr code on your ticket. what s a little bit of queueing