division_name: Copyright (Rights and Remuneration of Musicians, etc.) Bill
motion: <p class="indent" pid="b1201.1/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;This Bill would bind British music in red tape, reduce income for the most entrepreneurial artists, stifle investment and innovation by record labels, and disproportionately harm the independent sector.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b1201.3/7" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;We have expressed our concerns and are open to reviewing and discussing them with all stakeholders to figure out the best way forward. Legislating before this is reckless.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b1202.1/4" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;Despite its best efforts, this Bill will penalise those that can afford it least&#8212;the diverse artists in our culturally vibrant independent music community and entrepreneurs who lack the economies of scale of their multinational competitors.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b1207.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;Artist Repertoire costs as a proportion of recorded income&#8221;&#8212;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b1212.3/9" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;these proposals would create huge uncertainty, a mountain of red tape and make the U.K. a terrible place for investment in music.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b1218.1/19" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;the solutions this Bill proposes will lead to the outcomes its supporters hope for&#8212;and the Bill risks damaging independent music&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b1218.1/21" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;the UK a less attractive place to invest and record&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b1218.1/23" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;The Bill is premature in rushing to a legislative solution before the market impact&#8230;has been properly explored&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b1218.1/26" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;I am writing to you from Jeepster Recordings in Stoke Newington. We are an independent record company based in your constituency. We began in 1996 and have a very small creatively successful back catalogue which includes the early Belle and Sebastian and Snow Patrol albums&#8230;We have deep concerns about the impact of this Bill on the future of our business and feel that there are parts of it that, if approved, will destroy a business we have managed to keep going for 26 years&#8230;As with a lot of small labels, we invested a large amount of money in our artists and struggled as a company at a financial loss for several years whilst promoting them in a market skewed in favour of the major labels&#8221;,</p>