Payment schedule for 2022
In order to ensure a regular flow of income, GEMA pays its collections out at regular distribution dates spread over the whole year. The dates depend on the distribution category.
Are you a new member? Then you get your first distribution of royalties in the following year.
We distribute the royalty revenue of the financial year 2021 at following dates:
| Payment date | Category | Accounting period |
1 January 2022* | BT VR, Phono VR A, A VR GOP, GOP VR | 1st semester 2020 ** 2020**** |
1 April 2022* | Phono VR MOD D, MOD D VR,MOD S, MOD S VR, WEB, WEB VR A, A VR | Carryover *** 2021 ** |
1 June 2022 | BM, E, ED, KI, U, UD DK, DK VR, EM, M
| 2021 2021 |
1 July 2022* | FS, FS VR, R, R VR TFS, TFS VR T, TD, TD VR BT VR, Phono VR A, A VR | 2021 2021 2021 2nd half-year 2021 ** |
1 October 2022* | Phono VR MOD D, MOD D VR, MOD S, MOD S VR, A, A VR Pension funds Assessment procedure Rating procedure E Rating procedure U |
*** 2021 2021 2021 2021 |
1 November 2022 | Late adjustment distribution (i.g. due to claim § 59 paras. 1 and 2 of the distribution plan)
| 2021 |
1 Dezember 2022 | GOP, GOP VR
| 2021 |
The date for the supplementary distribution in GOP & GOP VR for the financial year 2020 has been postponed from 1 December 2021 to 1 January 2022. Reason are professional and technical adjustments due to the pandemic. The amounts will still be paid out in 2021.
* Without surcharges for statutory remuneration rights. The revenues collected arising from statutory remuneration rights during the 2021 financial year will be paid out separately with effect from 1 April 2022. This will be done in the form of a supplement to the payouts for the 2020 financial year in the relevant categories.
** International income (both rights) is paid out on an ongoing basis upon receipt on the first day of each quarter. Pay-out details including country specifications are available on the GEMA homepage and in virtuos (GEMA magazine).
***In the categories MOD D, MOD D VR, MOD S, MOD S VR, VOD D, VOD D VR, VOD S, VOD S VR, GOP, GOP VR, the income from the rights will be distributed on an ongoing basis on 1 April and 1 October, depending on the receipt of payment and the processing of usage reports. Information on the distributions with details of the licensees and periods of use can be found on the GEMA homepage and in virtuos (GEMA magazine).
****The date for the supplementary distribution in GOP & GOP VR for the financial year 2020 has been postponed from 1 December 2021 to 1 January 2022.
Abbreviation List
| ABBREVIATION | LONG FORM | EXPLANATION/EXAMPLE |
|---|---|---|
| A AR | Performing, performance, broadcasting and communication to the public rights | International music use |
| A VR | International distribution for mechanical rights | International music use |
| BT VR | Mechanical rights audiovisual recordings | DVD or CD ROM pressings |
| DK, DK VR | Mechanical music playback in discotheques | Music in discotheques which is not performed live |
| E | Concerts of serious music of all kinds | Symphonic music, chamber music |
| GOP, GOP VR | Streaming on mixed online services | Online services without individual music or film streaming license |
| KI | Music in church services | |
| KMOD, KMOD VR | Ringtone melody feeds of [musical] works | Mobile ringtones |
| M | Public performance of entertainment music by means of mechanical devices | Supplementary payout for entertainment and dance music in events, e.g. music in lifts/elevators, at the hairdressers |
| MOD D, MOD D VR | Music on demand download | Music download services |
| MOD S, MOD S VR | Music on demand streaming | Music streaming services |
| PHO VR | Mechanical rights sound recordings | CD or vinyl pressings |
| U | Events with entertainment or dance music | Entertainment and dance music at events and concerts, live music |
| VOD D, VOD D VR | Video on demand download | Film download services |
| VOD S, VOD S VR | Video on demand streaming | Film streaming services |
| WEB, WEB VR | Websites | Background music on websites |
| R, R VR | Radio broadcasting | Music on the radio |
| FS, FS VR | TV broadcasting | Music in own or commissioned productions on TV, e.g. films produced by the broadcaster |
| T FS, T FS VR | Sound film on TV | Music in third party productions on TV, e.g. cinema films/movies, international series, product advertising |
| T | Sound film | Music in cinema film performances |
| FS (Großes Recht) | Broadcasting rights in TV broadcasts and communication to the public rights relating to the public communication of TV broadcasts | Broadcasts of dramatico-musical works on TV, e.g. operas or musicals |
| R (Großes Recht) | Broadcasting rights in radio broadcasts and communication to the public rights relating to the public communication of radio broadcasts | Broadcasts of dramatico-musical works on the radio, e.g. operas or musicals |
| ED | Serious direct accounting (net individual accounting) | Direct accounting of serious music concerts, e.g. improvisations |
| EM | Serious music performances by means of mechanical devices | Playback of serious music in the course of a live event |
| BM | Stage music | Music in theatre performances (except Grand Rights) |
| TD, TD VR | Sound film direct accounting | Music in commercial films, e.g. promotional films at trade fairs or exhibitions |