Gema and music organizers reach agreement
The German copyright society GEMA and the Bundesvereinigung der Musikveranstalter e. V. (Federal Association of Music Organizers) have agreed on an overall contract. It regulates the remuneration for the use of the GEMA repertoire at individual events with live music or sound carrier reproduction as well as in music pubs or clubs and discotheques.
The agreement regulates the license remuneration of authors and their publishers for the use of their musical repertoire in four future tariffs: individual events with live music (U-V) or sound carrier reproduction (M-V) as well as the use of music in music pubs (M-CD II 1) or clubs and discotheques (M-CD II 2).
The newly agreed tariff structure is linear, i.e. the larger the event area and the higher the admission fee, the higher the copyright remuneration that the organizer must pay. Concert events are not affected by the structural reform. A separate tariff has applied to them since 2010.
More info: www.gema.de/veranstaltungstarife
