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Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee Oral evidence: Economics of music streaming, HC 868 Tuesday 23 February 2021 Ordered by the House of Commons to be published on 23 February 2021. Watch the meeting Members present: Julian Knight (Chair); Kevin Brennan; Steve Brine; Alex Davies-Jones; Clive Efford; Julie Elliott; Damian Green; Damian Hinds; John Nicolson; Giles Watling; Mrs Heather Wheeler. Questions 580 to 709 Witnesses I: Paul Firth, Director of International Music, Amazon; Horacio Gutierrez, Head of Global Affairs and Chief Legal Officer, Spotify; and Elena Segal, Global Senior Director of Music Publishing, Apple Inc. Examination of witnesses Witnesses: Paul Firth, Horacio Gutierrez and Elena Segal. Q580 Chair: This is the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee and our latest hearing into the economics of music streaming. We are joined today by Paul Firth, Director of International Music at Amazon, Horacio Gutierrez, Head of Global Affairs and Chief Legal Officer at Spotify, and Elena Segal, Global Senior Director of Music Publishing at Apple. Thank you, Paul, Horacio and Elena, for joining us today. Before our first question, I will go to our members to get their interests. Kevin Brennan: I am a member of the Musicians’ Union and PRS for Music. Alex Davies-Jones: I am a member of the Musicians’ Union. Chair: Is there anyone else? No, okay. Our first questions come from John Nicolson. John Nicolson: Thank you so much for joining us today. Horacio, may I start with you, please? We have been hearing a lot about Spotify in the course of this hearing and what we hear consistently from musicians is that they feel they are exploited, underpaid and earning far too little for the amount of work that they put in.
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