Therefore, the author theoretically reserves the right to exercise her/his own rights or to transfer these duties to another third party (e.g., a collecting society or performance rights organization). In contrast with copyright as it usually appears in common law, authors' rights are inalienable (i.e., non-transferable), which means that the author can transfer only the exercise of these rights to another natural or legal person. Membership in GEMA is necessarily voluntary, since all usage rights (stemming from German authors' rights law) are reserved exclusively by the author. As of 2010, GEMA also represents a further 2 million international rights-holders within Germany, through reciprocal arrangements with other performance rights organizations. Members of this last group are termed "associated members" within the organization, but they do not enjoy the rights associated with membership under German law of association.
#GEMA REPERTOIRE FULL#
It directly represents some 3,300 composers, lyricists, and music publishers as full members, along with approximately 6,400 more as members with sharply restricted rights and another 55,000 authors who have entered into a deed of assignment with GEMA without fulfilling the professional requirements for full membership. GEMA is organized according to Vereinsrecht (German law of association). The Berlin offices of GEMA on Bayreuther Straße near Wittenbergplatz The chairperson of the executive board (CEO) is Harald Heker (since 2007) the chairperson of the board of directors is Ralf Weigand. Other collecting societies include the (AKM) Society of authors, composers and music publishers ( de) in Austria and SUISA in Switzerland.Īs an "accredited profit-making association with legal capacity" (de: rechtsfähiger wirtschaftlicher Verein), GEMA's capacity to be a subject of legal rights and duties is based upon state conferral (under Article 22 of the German civil code). It is the only such institution in Germany and a member of BIEM and CISAC.
GEMA represents the usage rights stemming from authors' rights (e.g., mechanical licensing, broadcast licensing, synchronization licensing) for the musical works of those composers, lyricists, and publishers who are members in the organization. Responsible for journalistic-editorial content within the meaning of section 55 (2) of the Interstate Broadcasting Agreement (RStV):Į-mail: kommunikation is not prepared and not obliged to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.The Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte ( GEMA "Society for musical performing and mechanical reproduction rights") is a government-mandated collecting society and performance rights organization based in Germany, with administrative offices in Berlin and Munich. 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: Postal address: GEMA, PO Box 30 12 40, 10722 Berlin