Digital entertainment and retail association ERA has welcomed the Intellectual Property Office Report on music streaming metadata published yesterday (Tuesday April 14, 2026) which highlights alarming gaps in the information supplied by the music industry to DSPs. ERA CEO Kim Bayley said, “Metadata is the information which ensures the right people are paid when their work is streamed and downloaded. The IPO’s study highlights the fact that there is still significant work to be done right across the value chain to ensure artists, songwriters, record companies, music publishers and collective management organisations are all singing off the same hymnsheet. ERA has long made the point that many concerns about streaming remuneration are actually related to a failure to record timely and accurate metadata. We support the IPO’s recommendations to address this failure with better education and training.