New share rules
New share rules
After the final migration: the new derivation logic is here
The implementation of the new share rules as adopted by the General Assembly in 2020 was concluded on 17 March 2022. The first payout shall take place on 1 June 2022.
As a part of the migration to the new share rules, there will also be changes to some processes that might affect you as a member:
- In the case of the work registration confirmations, the author’s agreement will be listed first in the Agreements section. Below that, the agreements entered into between the author and one or several publishers will be shown (derivation logic).
- In the Enhanced repertoire search and the Online Portal under My repertoire, just like in the work registration confirmation, the publisher will be shown in the share picture as often as an author-publisher relationship exists.
Return to service of the Electronic Confirmation Process (ECP) on 6 April
Adaptations for the work declaration in the Online Portal and the web-based registration process
Works with asymmetric VRTs [Vertreten-von-Verweise, represented-by-references] in the existing work documentation
- The first work list contains asymmetric works which were subject to VRT additions, so that a migration into the derivation logic became possible. The work list contains works which occurred in the 2020 financial year and works which were registered for the first time after 1 January 2021.
- The second work list contains asymmetric works with an even share division between the co-publishers of an author after the migration.
With the two attached files, you can check the automatically complemented VRTs and compare them with your own work data.
How the share rules will change
Introduction of a derivation logic
The new derivation logic makes a lot of things easier. It replaces the existing “drawer logic” of the distribution plan with its roughly 1,500 different distribution keys for the most diverse constellations of participants. The shares will be determined by few rules that logically build on one another in future.
Enhancement and simplification of the free agreement on the shares in the performing rights (AR)
You can apply the free agreement on the creators’ shares in the AR categories at the same time as registering the work for all new works.
You can find the previous course of the project and the next steps for the migration of the share rules in our appointment overview.
FAQ – frequently asked questions on the new share rules
You can find the previous course of the project and the next steps for the conversion to the new share rules in our appointment overview.
Yes, there is. You can get an overview here (document is in German).
Vertreten-Von-Verweise show which creator is represented by which publisher or publishers. They therefore depict which publishing agreements were registered and documented with us.
No. Works with asymmetrical VRTs are works where more than one creator is published by more than one publisher and where one or all of the co-publishers appear in other chains of title, but not in all chains of title.
Example of an asymmetric work:
- C1 is represented by original publishers E1 and E2
- C2 is represented by E2 and E3
- C3 is represented by E3 and E4 and E5
- C4 is represented by E5
The following work is not asymmetrical:
- C1 is represented by E1 and E2
- C2 is represented by E3 and E4
- C3 is represented by E5
- C4 is represented by E5
The following work is not a work with asymmetrical VRTs either:
- C1 is represented by E1 and E2
- C2 is represented by E1 and E2
- C3 is represented by E1 and E2
- C4 is represented by E1 and E2