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Create music
Monitoring
User manual Soundfile Link Soundfile Upload in Online Portal Link A sound file consists of: The audio file of a musical work Metadata about the work and the recording (work title, work number,...
Monitoring
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Help centre
Which categories are paid out? Which belong to performing rights, broadcasting rights and mechanical rights?
These categories belong to the performing rights: International income distribution (sister organisations) A AR Concerts of serious music of all types (E) Serious music direct accounting (net...
Which categories are paid out? Which belong to performing rights, broadcasting rights and mechanical rights?
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Help centre
How can I add performers to the works?
Select My area via the menu on the left and open My repertoire. Use the three-point-menu and select Add sound recording details to the work in question. You can now add one or several performers to...
How can I add performers to the works?
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Help centre
I have received an invoice for live music. The music played at the event was, however, from sound recordings and streaming services. What can I do?
According to our information, live music was performed at the events in question. You had already received a licence or licences from us on the basis of the tariffs for live music. Since you had...
I have received an invoice for live music. The music played at the event was, however, from sound recordings and streaming services. What can I do?
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Use music
Webradio
Music users Tarifübersicht Webradio Tarif Premium-Radio (S-VR/PHf-Pr) Link Was kann ich z. B. mit diesem Tarif anmelden? Unser Online-Service zur Lizenzierung von Webradios steht allen Webradios...
Webradio
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Create music
Soundfile Upload
What is a soundfile? In general, your new registered work will be displayed in the sound file upload within about 24 hours. If a large number of work registrations are received by GEMA...
Soundfile Upload
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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
Apokalyptisch, edgy und bittersweet – FLOSS im Interview
Sind Sie Fan der Netflix-Reihe „Black Mirror“? Dann dürfte Sie die dritte EP der Künstlerin FLOSS – „Replica Of My Heart“, erschienen am 15.09.2023 – akustisch genau abholen. Ihr neuestes Werk ist...
Apokalyptisch, edgy und bittersweet – FLOSS im Interview
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News
Langzeitstudie der GEMA zeigt: Weniger deutschsprachige Musik im Radio
In einer Langzeitstudie hat die GEMA über zwölf Jahre hinweg die Programme der Radiosender in Deutschland ausgewertet. Die Ergebnisse veröffentlicht sie nun auf ihrer Datenplattform „Song Economy“....
Langzeitstudie der GEMA zeigt: Weniger deutschsprachige Musik im Radio
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News
Vom Ohr mitten ins Herz: die meistgehörten Songs zum Valentinstag
Zum Valentinstag präsentiert die GEMA die zehn meistgespielten Songs des Jahres 2023 im deutschen Radio. Diese Lieder haben nicht nur die Charts erobert, sondern auch die Herzen der Hörerinnen und...
Vom Ohr mitten ins Herz: die meistgehörten Songs zum Valentinstag
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News
GEMA würdigt BR Heimat und delta radio mit dem Radiokulturpreis
Im Jubiläumsjahr des Radios geht der Radiokulturpreis der GEMA nach München zu BR Heimat und an delta radio in Kiel. Beide Sender werden für ihre bemerkenswerte Programmgestaltung und...
GEMA würdigt BR Heimat und delta radio mit dem Radiokulturpreis
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Help centre
How can I register audio recordings and audiovisual recordings?
Whether you have pure music products such as audio recordings or products with mixed content such as cinema films on DVD and radio plays, you register all storage media products via our price...
How can I register audio recordings and audiovisual recordings?
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Help centre
Can I revoke approvals that I have given for monitoring or edit sound files retroactively?
You can withdraw or restrict the approval or your sound files at any time. Moreover, you also have the option to edit sound file information respectively the work allocation once they have been...
Can I revoke approvals that I have given for monitoring or edit sound files retroactively?
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Help centre
How can I prove that I am the creator?
By sending a letter to your own address with a sound recording or the music score of your work. By means of the post stamp everyone can check when the work has been dispatched. Important: Do not...
How can I prove that I am the creator?
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Help centre
Where is the data saved and where do the sound files go, once they have been approved?
The data is saved in a Google cloud platform. The computer centre is situated in Frankfurt. Depending on the selection of the usage category, we send your sound file to the respective monitoring...
Where is the data saved and where do the sound files go, once they have been approved?
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News
Reformstaatsvertrag: GEMA sieht musikalische Vielfalt im öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunk in Gefahr
2025-12-04 12:21 Aus Sicht der GEMA droht die Reform des öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunks zum Risiko für die Musikkultur zu werden. Durch den Wegfall von Kultur- und Spartensendern würde die...
Reformstaatsvertrag: GEMA sieht musikalische Vielfalt im öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunk in Gefahr
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Help centre
How does GEMA know where and how often my works were used?
There are various ways and means to find out. Organisers of live events are, for example, obliged to submit a playlist (setlist) after the event. In the broadcasting sector (TV and radio), the...
How does GEMA know where and how often my works were used?
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Help centre
How does GEMA know where and how often my works were used?
There are various ways and means to find out. Organisers of live events are, for example, obliged to submit a playlist (setlist) after the event. In the broadcasting sector (TV and radio), the...
How does GEMA know where and how often my works were used?
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Create music
Public broadcast
Are my sound files uploaded in the GEMA Soundfile Upload also available to SoundAware for the monitoring of ARD, ZDF and Deutschlandradio? Yes, all soundfiles uploaded in the GEMA Soundfile Upload...
Public broadcast
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Help centre
Can I upload several sound files or metadata in bulk or edit them all at once?
If you wish to upload several audio files, just select multiple files in your explorer and add the files via drag & drop. Alternatively, you can also select several files with the search function....
Can I upload several sound files or metadata in bulk or edit them all at once?
