The U.K’s Intellectual Property Office has launched a consultation that considers changes to copyright law, which may impact how foreign labels and artists are paid for music that’s broadcast or played in public.

While U.K. law gives performers and copyright owners the right to be paid when their sound recordings are broadcast or played in public in the U.K., not every country provides similar rights, the IPO notes.

U.K. performers and copyright owners are not always paid when their music is broadcast or played in public in other countries—such as the U.S. However, almost all foreign copyright owners qualify for this right to be paid in the U.K. regardless of whether the other country provides similar rights to U.K. nationals. Foreign performers only qualify for this right in the U.K. if they are from a country that provides similar rights.

The consultation will consider changes to how U.K. law provides these rights to foreign copyright owners and foreign performers. Several options are under consideration.

The IPO wants to hear from anyone who may be affected by a change to the law, including artists, labels, collecting societies, broadcasters, and public venues that play music.

The consultation will close on 3/11. After that, the Government will consider responses and publish its response, including its proposed approach. Broadcasting and public playing of music generated revenues of more than £188m in the U.K. in 2022.