Speaking on the eve of an Institute for Public Policy Research roundtable this afternoon, Professor Ian Hargreaves dismissed the rhetoric from some industry executives about his current work and insisted that his meetings with the industry thus far have been useful.

Hargreaves, who will host a roundtable at the Institute of Public Policy Research this afternoon for around 25 senior executives from those industries replying to his call for evidence, said he recognised that because the music industry believes the ...