Royalties & payouts

Payment date

• When do you pay out royalties for my played and registered works?
• I have received a payment, but not an account statement yet. How can this be?

Payouts

• Which categories are paid out? Which belong to performing rights, broadcasting rights and mechanical rights?
• If I am a reprint arranger or a reprint publisher, do I automatically participate in GEMA pay-outs?
• When will the next distribution for physical music media (audio and audio-visual media) take place?
• What changes are in the physical media sector (audio and audiovisual media)?
• How are royalties for my works distributed and allocated in the physical music media sector?
• Where can I find information about the new tariff system or the new licensing scheme in the physical media sector (audio and audiovisual media)?
• Where can I view details on my payouts?

Royalties

• What are royalties in the music business?
• Wie lange erfolgen Ausgleichszahlungen nach dem abgeschafften Schätzungsverfahren (Bearbeiterschätzung)?
• Why did I not receive any royalties?
• How are collections from rights management distributed?
• How does GEMA know where and how often my works were used?