Five years on… the European Union’s DSM directive is failing European performers
A recently published report on “The Impact of the DSM Directive on EU Artists and Musicians”, based upon a survey of 19 EU countries, shows that the 2019 DSM Directive has been very far from a success. Conducted by AEPO-ARTIS, and in collaboration with IAO, this is the largest EU-wide survey ever done on issues related to performers in the music industry.
In June 2019, the EU adopted the Copyright in the Digital Single Market directive (“DSM directive”). Its Chapter 3 recognised the weak position of musicians and obliged EU countries to put in place legislation that would ensure all artists receive fair remuneration. Specifically, that legislation must guarantee artists effective rights: to receive appropriate and proportionate remuneration, to receive transparent information on all exploitations of their recordings, to claim additional, appropriate and fair remuneration and recover rights from record labels in certain situations, and to request alternative dispute resolution.
In anticipation of the DSM directive turning 5 years old this month, throughout the first quarter of 2024, AEPO-ARTIS and its members conducted a survey in collaboration with IAO (the International Artists Organisation) to assess what effect the DSM directive has had on musicians.
> IAO STUDY STREAMS-AND-DREAMS PART-1
> IAO STUDY STREAMS_AND_DREAMS PART-2
