Culture, Media and Sport Committee chair visits DACS artists at Arts Space, Portsmouth
Dame Caroline Dinenage, MP for Gosport and Chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, met with artists Anne Shaw and Adrian Mundy on the day a new report by the committee backed the Smart Fund and better support for freelance creatives.
The report recommends the UK government implement The Smart Fund, a scheme to compensate creators for private copying of their content across digital devices. Research has shown the Smart Fund could generate between £250-£300 million annually for creatives.
The committees findings also back the creation of a Freelancer Commissioner, to advocate across Government in the interests of creative freelancers, and of other freelance and self-employed people more broadly.