What’s your occupation? I’m a royalty collector. Not really the sexiest job in the world, right? But let’s face it, in today’s music environment, the people in charge of ensuring ...
In the week of the Ivors, where we celebrate so much talent and creativity, we are reminded that there is no song without a songwriter.
With the global recorded music ...
Music publishers in Germany and in the world are trying to come to terms with the implications of a ruling by the Federal Court of Justice in Berlin which would ...
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 ...
