Composer and musician, Colm Mac an Iomaire, has called on the Government to prioritise the implementation of the European copyright directive.
Mac an Iomaire said he has performed two online shows in recent weeks, which have been viewed by around 166,000 people, numbers he described as mind-boggling.
However he said there is no set up with video streaming companies to take a log of who is doing what and where, that would enable payments to be made to artists.
Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, he said he believes that Facebook owned the copyright for performances on its platform. He said that 48% of music is streamed by YouTube but it only accounts for 7% of the revenue.