Musicians losing out on millions due to wrongly allocated UK royalties, new research finds

Regarding music played in UK nightclubs, more than 5.7m each year is allegedly allocated by performing rights societies to the wrong artists

Electronic music artists, producers and songwriters are missing out on millions of pounds of lost revenue in the UK, after their music appears in DJ sets but the subsequent royalties are not properly distributed, according to new research.

The Berlin-based Fair Play initiative has found that only 28% of the fees paid by the average UK nightclub are being distributed correctly to artists. More than 5.7m a year is allegedly being misallocated by performing rights organisations, and paid out to the wrong people.