Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) overwhelmingly voted to adopt the new resolution on Wednesday. <\/span>The motion aims to ensure European musical works avoid being overshadowed by the \u201coverwhelming amount\u201d of content being continually added to streaming platforms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe Parliament is giving voice to the concerns of European creators, who are at the heart of the music streaming market,\u201d said rapp<\/a>orteur Ib\u00e1n Garc\u00eda del Blanco in an EU press release. This includes preserving the \u201ccultural and linguistic diversity\u201d of music, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n This is similar to <\/span>efforts in other countries such as Canada,<\/span> which passed the <\/span>Online Streaming Act<\/span><\/a> to support Canadian artists. In the future we may see the EU enforce quotas to make a certain amount of work from European artists represented on music streaming platforms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n TNW Conference 2024 – Speakers announced!<\/p>\n Meet the powerhouse experts that will take the stage on June 20 & 21 in Amsterdam and save your seat today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n This won\u2019t necessarily be welcome though \u2014 in France, radio stations are currently <\/span>protesting against a regulation<\/span><\/a> that forces them to play a certain number of French-language songs. Music streaming services might end up doing something similar.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The proposal also calls for \u201cpre-digital royalty rates\u201d to be revised, condemning the so-called \u201cpayola schemes\u201d that force authors to accept lower or no revenues in exchange for greater exposure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The MEPs <\/span>also urged platforms like Spotify to make their recommendation algorithms more transparent, to disclose when songs are AI-made, and to crack down on deepfakes. Music streaming platforms are not doing enough to tackle algorithmic biases that favour major record labels and famous artists, they said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cPlatforms should make their algorithms and recommendation tools transparent, to prevent unfair practices, such as manipulation of streaming figures, which is allegedly used to reduce artists\u2019 fees,\u201dsaid the parliamentarians.<\/span><\/p>\n MEPs also suggested introducing a label to inform the public when the songs they listen to have been generated by AI and urged for stricter measures to tackle deepfakes on music streaming platforms \u2014 similar to what French streaming service<\/span> Deezer started doing last year<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n While MEPs have overwhelmingly accepted that these issues need to be addressed, the resolution itself is nonlegislative. Instead, it is a plea for the European Commission to acknowledge the concerns and initiate legislation to improve things \u2014 which could take several years to take effect, even if the demands are met.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>\n <\/div>\n If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n If you want to read more like this article, you can visit our Technology category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
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