Debbie Harry: Musicians like me need to fight against the giants of YouTube and Google

The EU is on the verge of adopting a law that will significantly improve the ability of the creative community to secure fair deals for the use of their work by user-uploaded content services such as YouTube. This legislation, namely article 13 of the proposed copyright directive, would fix a fundamental flaw in the music market known as the “value gap”, where fair revenues are not being returned to those who make the music by these platforms. The European copyright directive will create a future for Europe’s music and culture. We must not allow YouTube and other platforms to derail this essential legislation for their own narrow interests - Blondie's Debbie Harry in Guardian argues in favour of EU's new legislation.