Harald Heker (Chairman of the Managing Committee), Lorenzo Colombini (member of the Managing Committee), Georg Oeller (member of the Managing Committee) Any two members of the Executive Board are jointly entitled to represent the association. Pursuant to § 14 of its Statutes, the association is represented in and out of court by the Managing Committee.
#GEMA REPERTOIRE CODE#
GEMA has the legal form of an economic association under section 22 of the German Civil Code (BGB). Street address: GEMA, Rosenheimer Straße 11, 81667 MunichĮ-mail: kontakt form and representation: Postal address: GEMA, PO Box 80 07 67, 81607 Munich Street address: GEMA, Bayreuther Straße 37, 10787 BerlinĮ-mail: kontakt can also contact GEMA in Munich: GEMA represents the copyrights of more than 70,000 members in Germany, and more than two million copyright owners globally.Postal address: GEMA, PO Box 30 12 40, 10722 Berlin A modern copyright needs to be created which enables music creators to claim their financial share in the digital value chain." The economic value of cultural and creative works must also be passed on to the creators of the works. Irrespective of these diverging views, GEMA and YouTube decided to look forward and create a secure foundation for GEMA members and YouTube users.ĭr Harald Heker reinforces this point, and states: "Despite the conclusion of this agreement, the challenge remains for the politicians to create a clear legal framework. There are still different legal positions held by YouTube and GEMA on the issue of whether YouTube or the uploaders are responsible for the licensing of the used musical works. GEMA will continue to actively pursue this goal." Authors must be fairly remunerated for the exploitation of their musical works. Thomas Theune, Director of Broadcast and Online at GEMA, adds: "The conclusion of this contract with YouTube is a clear signal to all online platforms that successfully build their business models on the musical works of creatives. On top of the traditional ad-based service, the agreement covers the new subscription service that YouTube is already offering in the USA and which it is planning to launch in Europe. By reaching this agreement, we can secure the royalties for our members." It is crucial that the licensing agreement that we have now signed covers both the future and the past. We remained true to our position that authors should also get a fair remuneration in the digital age, despite the resistance we met. YouTube is no longer going to place them prior to music videos containing GEMA repertoire protected by copyright.ĭr Harald Heker, GEMA CEO, commented the contract as follows: "After seven years of tough negotiations the conclusion of this contract with YouTube marks a milestone for GEMA and its members. From now on, so-called blocked content notices will discontinue. The public is another beneficiary of this agreement. GEMA is fulfilling its fiducial duty to manage the rights on behalf of its members by signing this contract.
By concluding this contract, GEMA members will now be paid for the exploitation of works protected by copyright via the online platform with the furthest global reach. Īfter years of legal disputes and lengthy negotiations, GEMA and YouTube managed to agree on a licensing contract. 70,000 music authors and publishers represented by GEMA are now going to receive again remuneration for the exploitation of their musical works protected by copyright. 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ - On 01 November 2016, GEMA and the online platform YouTube signed a licensing agreement which also covers the contractual gap since 2009.
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