Your search result

Category
542 Results for Fun-Life-Music
  • News

    Significantly higher royalties for music creators: GEMA cuts online commission from 10 to just 7 percent

    GEMA is sending a powerful message: in 2027, the association aims to reduce its online commission on all on-demand music distribution from 10 to 7 percent – a drop of 30 percent compared to the...

    Significantly higher royalties for music creators: GEMA cuts online commission from 10 to just 7 percent
  • Create music

    Musical works (enhanced access)

    cannot be combined with search criteria from line 2 ("AND") Search criteria line 2: CAE/IPI, author/publisher, performer , status and publisher. When searching with the publisher IP number, the...

    Musical works (enhanced access)
  • Create music

    Online Services

    Our Online Portal: Many instruments combined in harmony Register now Moved to the Online Portal Registration of sub-publishing agreements Please register your sub-publishing agreements before you...

    Online Services
  • Help centre

    What do I have to consider if I upload videos with music on YouTube, TikTok, Facebook or Instagram?

    For fee-based live streams on Facebook/Instagram, you must acquire a licence for linear streaming (tariff VR-OD 10, II.2.b.2 licence package music on demand streaming) from us. You can notify us of...

    What do I have to consider if I upload videos with music on YouTube, TikTok, Facebook or Instagram?
  • Help centre

    I want to use music on TikTok. What do I need to consider?

    In its “Music Terms of Service ”, TikTok differentiates between non-commercial and commercial videos. Non-commercial TikTok videos are created by natural persons, are exclusively for personal...

    I want to use music on TikTok. What do I need to consider?
  • Use music

    Company events

    R Background music via the radio Tariff for background music in shop premises, offices or workshops (R) Link The most important GEMA tariffs for companies fs Background music via television Tariff...

    Company events
  • About GEMA

    How GEMA distributes your money

    Licensing income We license exploitation rights. And we distribute the collected revenues. More on royalties We are a collective management organisation and thus ensure that our member receive...

    How GEMA distributes your money
  • Help centre

    How can I report music uses?

    a) Event Concert Theatre performance Festival Party/celebration/dance/balls Disco Carnival Processions/street parades Mass Self-made copies Film presentation/slide show etc. Sports event Spoken...

    How can I report music uses?

Discover the main areas of GEMA

A person with purple hair and sunglasses sings into a microphone.
Create music
Find out how to become a member, register works, receive royalties and much more.
Link
An illustration of a person with headphones, wearing a teal vest and tie, on a light blue background.
Use music
How to notify music, industry information, why you pay GEMA and much more. 
Link
Illustration of a person with curly hair, beard, sunglasses, wearing a blue shirt with a white collar and black buttons.
GEMA
About the organization, careers & job vacancies, the task of GEMA and much more.
Link
A woman with a flower in her hair, wearing a yellow dress, with musical notes around her on a cream background.
News
Current news from the industry, press releases, GEMA magazine and much more.
Link

The most frequently asked questions in our Help Center

What does it cost to use music in public?
It depends how the music is used, whether live, in the background, on sound recordings or on the internet...
Link
How do I know which tariff is the right one?

You have two options to determine this:You can either use our various price calculators. Or you go to our overview page tariff overview... 

Link
Do I have to report anything afterwards?
Please always submit event notifications with specific dates such as place, date, attendance (where applicable), etc. ...
Link