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elektro_joewrote
Wed, 18 Jul 2012If you play one Gema track you have to pay the full amount and after all, there is some good music registered at Gema. You have to check every track and there is no proper software that simplifies this process. Lots of effort! Also this imposes restrictions to foreign DJs who may be used to playing some Gema tracks.
There is another obstacle, the Gema conjencture: you have to proove every night (by means of submitting a track list) that not a single Gema track has been played, that means a lot... More

Comradwrote
Wed, 18 Jul 2012Why dont all the independent electronic lables like Ostgut Ton etc just pull out of GEMA and start a new consortium and those in Berghain not play the music from labels still connected to GEMA , am I missing something here??

hevelspendingwrote
Tue, 17 Jul 2012I would actually pay someone to play my music at Berghain. And then pay to get in to listen to it.

Skilletwrote
Tue, 17 Jul 2012Ignorant question, but what royalties do artists earn on Beatport or iTunes? Wouldn't that be their share of sales/profits?

Also, how are royalties enforced in a club situation? Are djs required to submit a tracklist to GEMA or do they just estimate?

desklightwrote
Tue, 17 Jul 2012I am not sure about GEMA's new tariffs specifically as I've read they're increasing by a ridiculous amount. But I work in music royalty admin in Canada and can attest to the diversity of the artists that are collecting royalties. What people forget is that companies such as ASCAP/BMI/SESAC/CMRRA/Resound etc usually only take 8%-10% of the royalties before they are paid out.

At my last position, I even was occasionally allowed to choose the composers to pay out to. Kerri Chandler, Ben Klock,... More

purplexwrote
Mon, 09 Jul 201265% of the profits go to the top 5% of artists.

www.fr-online.de/kultur/streit-um-gema-...