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Everyone, whether music creator or music publisher has the right to fair payment as soon as their works have been publicly performed, played back or reproduced. To check where, when and how often this happens, takes up a lot of your valuable time. That’s why we look after your matters as a reliable partner and trustee. Become a member, too, so that we can stand up for your rights.
A GEMA membership only makes sense for you if your works have been performed in public to a certain extent. If, for example, they have been broadcast on TV or on the radio or are available via streaming services or in retail. In that case, you will recoup your annual membership fee quickly. Example: For songwriters, membership can already make sense from 40 sold albums onwards.
We are very well connected internationally and collect your royalties for you all over the world.
We offer insurances and workshops tailored for you as a member.
The GEMA foundation also grants music awards, promotes projects for young talents and supports music authors and publishers in need.
As a member, you have the opportunity to actively help shape GEMA.
With our variety of online tools, you always keep track of things. One of them is the My Royalties tool for authors. With it, you can comfortably keep an overview of your income and see where they come from (live, radio, TV/film, digital or abroad). You can also find out which income was generated by your top ten most successful works.
Membership fee and admission fee If you are an author, you pay a one-off admission fee of €104.40 (including VAT, net €90.00). Your annual membership fee amounts to €50 per year. If you are a music publisher, your admission fee is a one-off payment of €208.80 (including VAT, net €180.00), plus the annual membership fee of net €100.
Newcomers are dear to us! We waive the admission fee of €90 to all authors who were born in 1990 or later and submit a membership application by 31/12/2020. The annual membership fee is reduced in the first three years from €50 to €30.