The French Ministry of Culture announced on Wednesday (13 December) that streaming platforms' earnings will be taxed to promote the French music industry, prompting outrage from Spotify and Deezer.
People don't realise how much Ireland punches above its weight culturally already. We are 0.06% of the global population but Irish actors are all over Hollywood, Irish music is streamed globally, and authors are in pretty much every bookshop in the world.
Given that artists complain that the rates they are paid by the streaming companies are far too low anyway, taxing it is probably going to see those companies cut their rates even further so not to be at a loss