Collective management organisations

Questions and answers

• Which other collective management organisations does GEMA have a relationship with?

  We have concluded so-called representation agreements with other organisations. An overview of our agreements (as at: 1 June 2016)
  
  I. Agreements with domestic collective management organisations  
  1. Agreement on the collections by GEMA on behalf of GVL
  2. Agreement on the collections by GEMA on behalf of Corint Media (formerly VG Media)
  3. Agreement on the collections by GEMA on behalf of VG Musikedition I (music schools) 
  4. Agreement on the collections by GEMA on behalf of VG Musikedition II (pre-school institutions) 
  5. Agreement on the collections by VG Musikedition on behalf of GEMA
  6. Agreement on the collections by GEMA on behalf of VG Wort I (public performance of broadcasts)
  7. Agreement on the collections by GEMA on behalf of VG Wort II (musical settings)
  8. Agreement on the collections by GEMA on behalf of VG Wort III (so-called Ladenklausel, cf section 56 German Copyright Act
  9. Agreement on the collections by GEMA on behalf of the Zentralstelle für die Wiedergabe von Fernsehsendungen (ZWF) 
  10. Agreement on the collections by GEMA on behalf of GWFF (private copying)
  11. Agreements on the collections by GEMA for AGICOA Germany, GVL, GÜFA, VFF, VG Bild-Kunst, VGF and VG Wort (cable retransmission).
  12. Agreements on the collections by GEMA for VG Wort, VG Bild-Kunst, GÜFA, GWFF, VGF and GVL (section 27 UrhG, German Copyright Act). 
  
  II. You can find a list of agreements with foreign collective management organisations and collection entities in the GEMA Yearbook from page 311 onwards.

• ZPÜ (Central Organisation for Private Copying Rights)
  ZPÜ (founded in 1963) is the oldest, and economically most important collaboration body among the nine German collecting societies. ZPÜ has the purpose to claim licence fees from hardware and blank media manufacturers and importers.
  
  It is true that copyright actually allows making copies of copyright-protected works without having to obtain permission from the creators. They do, however, receive a financial compensation for this. Private copying remuneration is not directly charged to those making the copies, as this would not be practicable. Instead, there is a remuneration right (by the creators) against all hardware and media storage product manufacturers and importers (e.g. USB sticks, hard disks, mobile phones). Such rights are enforced by ZPÜ which then pays its collections through to its nine associates, who in turn pay it out to its members