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Help centre
How do I submit a setlist?
Submitting your setlist (playlist) is easy - just use our Online Portal. Go to the area My Setlists and click on Submit setlist. Select the event. Enter your played titles into our works database...
How do I submit a setlist?
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Help centre
How can I register a film / a series with many individual cues as quickly and simply as possible?
Log in to our Online Portal and use the service works registration. Please enter the film or series title as a work title. Now you can upload all the individual cues in the soundfile upload and...
How can I register a film / a series with many individual cues as quickly and simply as possible?
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Help centre
What do the individual status details in the ‘approval’ status mean? Why does the status not change?
Incomplete: The soundfile was uploaded but not all required details have been entered. (Mandatory details such as title, author, work number, details on commissioned music have not been entered and...
What do the individual status details in the ‘approval’ status mean? Why does the status not change?
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Help centre
Do I have to acquire a GEMA licence (event, CD, online) when I play my own works?
Yes, when you conclude a Deed of Assignment, you fully assign the exploitation rights to GEMA. As a consequence, you must always acquire a GEMA licence, even if you are a music user yourself. This...
Do I have to acquire a GEMA licence (event, CD, online) when I play my own works?
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Help centre
How can I provide details that my establishment has changed address?
Simply provide us about moving your business by using our Online Portal. Go to My domain and access My details and select My establishments. Click on the pencil icon to change the address. Please...
How can I provide details that my establishment has changed address?
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Legal notice
Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte (GEMA) GEMA has its headquarters in Berlin: Head Office Berlin Postal address: GEMA, PO Box 30 12 40, 10722 Berlin...
Legal notice
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Help centre
How is GEMA organised?
GEMA actually “is” its members. As a consequence, our most important body is the General Assembly of members. It usually takes place once a year, and takes turns between Berlin and Munich. All full...
How is GEMA organised?
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Help centre
When do you pay out royalties for my played and registered works?
So that money flows to your account as steadily as possible, we pay out our collections at fixed dates which are spread across the year. You can view the exact dates of the respective categories...
When do you pay out royalties for my played and registered works?
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Help centre
Where do I find the form to grant an authorisation or power of attorney?
Are you a GEMA customer and would like to authorise someone? Then please use our form for customers. Go to the My details under My area. Click on the My granted authorisations tab. Here you can...
Where do I find the form to grant an authorisation or power of attorney?
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Help centre
How do I register on the GEMA online portal?
You can access the Online Portal under the link portal.gema.de. You can register for the Online Portal with these two simple steps: After clicking on Login/Register, you can log in with your...
How do I register on the GEMA online portal?
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Help centre
Issue an authorisation/power of attorney
You are a GEMA member and wish to authorise someone to represent you vis-a-vis GEMA? Please use the GEMA power of attorney for members. GEMA power of attorney for members (for creators and music...
Issue an authorisation/power of attorney
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About GEMA
Jury
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What should I do if a publishing employee has left the company but still has access to the portal?
Please let us know as soon as possible when an employee is leaving your publishing company and if they had access to our Online Portal via a publisher email address. If employees leave the company,...
What should I do if a publishing employee has left the company but still has access to the portal?
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Help centre
What is a pseudonym and what is the difference to a stage name?
A Pseudonym is a name that you as an author can use for your public appearance and for registering your works with us. In that case, it is, however, not a performer, project or band name. Example:...
What is a pseudonym and what is the difference to a stage name?
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Help centre
If I am a reprint arranger or a reprint publisher, do I automatically participate in GEMA pay-outs?
If you are a reprint publisher who has been authorised by the original or sub-publisher, you can distribute the work in your own print edition. You therefore benefit from the paper business but you...
If I am a reprint arranger or a reprint publisher, do I automatically participate in GEMA pay-outs?
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Help centre
What is a sound file and when should I upload it?
A sound file consists of: An audio file of your musical work (only 1 work per audio file, no voice over, no finished commercial) metadata of the work and of the recording (work title, work number,...
What is a sound file and when should I upload it?
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Help centre
What do I have to consider when I upload a sound file?
A sound file may only contain the recording of one work. Audio files may not contain dialogue, pauses/silence or noises, field recordings or sound effects, only the pure music track. Formats: The...
What do I have to consider when I upload a sound file?
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News
SoundAware übernimmt Monitoring im öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunk
SoundAware greift bei seiner Musikerkennung unter anderem auf die GEMA Soundfile Datenbank zurück. Fehlende Soundfiles können dazu führen, dass sich die Ausschüttung verzögert oder Tantiemen nicht...
SoundAware übernimmt Monitoring im öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunk
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About GEMA
Delegierte
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Help centre
What do I need which number for?
The membership number is created for each new member as part of the admission procedure and is automatically communicated to the member by the Members & Partners Department at the same time as the...
What do I need which number for?
