U.K. music icons call for legal reforms to streaming services to help "exploited" artists

Over 150 musicians in the U.K., including Paul McCartney, Kate Bush, and Annie Lennox, have written to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson asking for reforms to the laws governing digital services' rights to stream music.

"For too long, streaming platforms, record labels and other internet giants have exploited performers and creators without rewarding them fairly," the artists wrote in an open letter published on Tuesday. "We must put the value of music back where it belongs — in the hands of music makers." The letter, also signed by Boy George, Noel Gallagher, Lily Allen and Chris Martin, says that most musicians receive much less from streams than they do from radio plays, and that session musicians receive nothing at all.