Licensing of live recordings regulated
In Germany, the Gesellschaft zur Wahrnehmung von Veranstalterrechten (GWVR) and the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI) have signed an overall agreement on the licensing of recordings of events.
The overall agreement provides for remuneration rates of between 4 percent and 1.7 percent of the retail price for the publication of live recordings on audio and video recordings. The specific amount depends on the total playing time of protected recordings contained on the audio carrier.
For online exploitations, rights holders receive a remuneration of 4.5 percent of the amount that the licensee receives from the online service for the use of their recordings. Members of the BVMI receive an introductory discount and - as is usual for corresponding contracts with collecting societies - an overall contract discount.
The agreement was concluded retroactively from 2017 until the end of 2021. GWVR members are therefore also entitled to remuneration for use in the last three years.
