Hartwig Masuch, CEO of Germany-based global music publisher BMG, has hailed this morning’s momentous licensing agreement between YouTube and collection society GEMA as “an important step for songwriters in Germany ...
YouTube has struck a new agreement with German collection society GEMA, which will see a wide range of previously unlicensed music videos made available in Germany.
For the past seven ...
Pan-European licensing body ICE has clinched a new multi-territory licensing deal with SoundCloud for GEMA, STIM and PRS For Music repertoire.
The agreement encompasses SoundCloud services across Europe, including both ...
Pan-European licensing body ICE has told Music Week its new multi-territory licensing deal with SoundCloud will boost royalty payments and help the streaming platform build a successful subscriptions service.
The ...
Collective rights organisation GEMA has emerged victorious in its case with the regional court Munich I against file-sharing host Uploaded.
The verdict confirms that Uploaded liable to pay damages if ...
Pan-European licensing has made a big breakthrough, with ICE – the new music licensing and royalty processing service formed by collection societies PRS For Music, STIM and GEMA – signing ...
German collection society GEMA lost a copyright infringement dispute with YouTube in an appeals court in Germany last week.
GEMA, which represents composers, lyricists and publishers, claims that YouTube should ...
The Higher Regional Court Munich (OLG) decided yesterday that YouTube and its service cannot be called to account for any copyright infringements.
Instead, the judges found that the sole responsibility ...
GEMA has appointed Dr Jörn Radloff as head of rightsholder management at ICE Services Ltd. – a division of the joint venture ICE founded by the three collection societies GEMA ...
