With the "Schutzschirm LIVE", GEMA provides a blanket emergency relief scheme under which music authors can apply for a prepayment on their future distributions in the distribution categories of live performance and communication to the public. This financial support is primarily aimed at composers and lyricists of GEMA who are also performers and who get into financial difficulties due to cancellations of events throughout the country.
Applications may be submitted from now on. In order to be able to guarantee efficient support at short notice, applications can only be submitted via the GEMA Onlineportal for members.
Composers and lyricists who have got into financial difficulties due to the corona pandemic but do not yet have an account for the GEMA Online Portal can register here. After that, log in, fill out the activation form and send it as a PDF attachment via e-mail to mitgliederservice@gema.de, subject: "Schutzschirm LIVE" You will automatically receive an e-mail when you have been activated.
The detailed conditions for participation in "Schutzschirm Live" can be found here.