Culture, Media and Sport Committee chair visits DACS artists at Arts Space, Portsmouth
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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.
