British songwriters body BASCA takes aim at Google and SoundCloud

Chairman tells internet firms ‘you are undermining the value of our music’ as well as making it harder for licensed streaming services to surviveThe chairman of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) has criticised Google and SoundCloud – by clear reference, if not by name – in a speech at its Ivor Novello Awards.Delivering the introductory speech at the event, Simon Darlow focused on the licensing arguments around streaming music, and specifically on companies