British directors including Asif Kapadia, Andrew Haigh and Otto Bathurst have signed an open letter criticising streamers for failing to engage over residuals. The letter was organized by Directors UK, which had threatened to withhold its members' copyright from the streamers over 18 months ago if they failed to strike royalties deals. No such deals have been forthcoming and the trade body now feels this is its only recourse. The open letter praises the public broadcasters and Sky for contributing to a scheme that allows directors of UK television programmes to be paid copyright royalties for repeat showings and sales of their programmes they direct. It also criticizes the slow pace of discussions on an appropriate royalty scheme for UK directors. The lack of engagement in the UK contrasts with the U.S. where the Christopher Nolan-led DGA is set to negotiate a new contract with the AMPTP.