I promised to, so I’m delivering. One thing to start with: This whole GEMA (Germany’s collections society) apparatus of rules, conditions and rates really is complex. If I get anything wrong - be it either to GEMA’s advantage or disadvantage - please tell me and I’m going update my article. Email me or simply post a reply below. I gladly will stand corrected.
I don’t know what it looks like with ASCAP et al. - I can’t imagine it to be worse than here.
First off, everybody being a member of GEMA who wants to address any of his problems with GEMA in court runs into an essential problem. Legally, it’s a registered society. That implies at least one important aspect: Any action by GEMA is based upon its members’ voice which means you - as its member - authorise GEMA’s actions.
But let’s take a closer look.
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Wednesday, July 1. 2009
GEMA Round 2: Tie Your Artists Down by Membership
Sunday, June 28. 2009
Germany's GEMA: Resistance is (not) futile
I don’t know whether this one has hit US shores already - or if there is any other country that knows about it. But there’s something going on in Germany.
Again, it’s about licensing. We already had our share of GEMA within the past few weeks (see Rapidshare and Jamendo). Read about it at ContentSphere, or do it over at TechDirt. GEMA, Germany’s only collections society, still is surprisingly entertaining (if you’re into cynism).
But, there’s some uprising fresh breeze, and it’s coming from Germany’s most southward located town: Sonthofen.
Continue reading "Germany's GEMA: Resistance is (not) futile" »
Again, it’s about licensing. We already had our share of GEMA within the past few weeks (see Rapidshare and Jamendo). Read about it at ContentSphere, or do it over at TechDirt. GEMA, Germany’s only collections society, still is surprisingly entertaining (if you’re into cynism).
But, there’s some uprising fresh breeze, and it’s coming from Germany’s most southward located town: Sonthofen.
Continue reading "Germany's GEMA: Resistance is (not) futile" »
