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GEMA’s financial year 2017 marks another increase in collections for its members: By the end of financial year 2017, the collective management organisation for music reached more than one billion Euros (EUR 1,074.3m) which equals a revenue plus of about 5% compared to the previous year. It therefore continues the positive economic development for...

01 December 2017 was set to be the final deadline for submissions in relation to the publisher participation for the past via the Electronic Confirmation Process (EBV/ECP). The Supervisory Board of GEMA has, however, agreed to grant a one-off period of grace ending on 13 January 2018.

GEMA and the concert associations [in Germany] have successfully concluded the negotiations for the concert tariff (U-K). Major changes include the amended calculation basis of the tariff and audit rights for GEMA. The concert tariff will be in force from 01 January 2018 onwards.

The Electronic Confirmation Process (ECP) enters the next stage: the uploaded ECP lists are being processed. Pursuant to Art. 49 of the distribution plan, GEMA shall confirm the changes undertaken in relation to the work registrations in the coming weeks. This shall take place in the course of the documentation submitted as part of the ECP process....

Sir Simon Rattle, principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic was awarded the GEMA Ehrennadel (badge of honour) today. The award took place in the course of a reception at the Berlin Philharmonic. Cultural Secretary Prof. Monika Grütters MdB (member of the German Parliament) held the laudatory speech.

The annual general assembly (AGM) of GEMA members took place between 22 and 24 May 2017 in Munich. It was dominated by the issue of how to re-establish the publisher participation. For the first time, the new electronic means and rights for to participate in an AGM pursuant to the Act on Collective Management Organisations were implemented for GEMA...