Suisa and YouTube agree on license agreement
Suisa and YouTube have agreed on a license agreement. Thanks to the agreement, the rights holders represented by Suisa will receive remuneration for the use of their musical works on YouTube in Switzerland. At the same time, the repertoire of Swiss authors on YouTube is licensed in a large number of countries.
The agreement comes into force on September 1, 2013. The agreements enable Swiss composers and authors to also receive revenues for the use of their works on YouTube abroad.
In addition to the agreement with Suisa, YouTube has concluded agreements with over 40 other collecting societies worldwide. These include, for example, PRS for Music in the UK, Sacem in France, SGAE in Spain, SIAE in Italy, Buma Stemra in the Netherlands and, most recently, AKM/austro Mechana in Austria.
