SUBSIM Radio Room Forums - View Single Post - German collection society GEMA wins against Youtube at court

Catfish · 04-21-12, 03:12 AM

Maybe this came out wrong - imagine a musician from Indonesia, who has never heard of the GEMA, let alone being paid royalties by them.
This artist will not be shown on YouTube, in Germany, even if this artist insisted.

What's more, IF this artist is being shown at YouTube in Germany because of users paying for seeing him there, he will never get the money from the GEMA.
This company assumes that every artist worldwide is automatically a member of the GEMA, if he signed a contract or not. And if the GEMA collected fees and he does not show up to get the cash collected for him - his problem. Isn't this a nice business idea ?

04-21-12, 03:12 AM	#10
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,766 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Maybe this came out wrong - imagine a musician from Indonesia, who has never heard of the GEMA, let alone being paid royalties by them. This artist will not be shown on YouTube, in Germany, even if this artist insisted. What's more, IF this artist is being shown at YouTube in Germany because of users paying for seeing him there, he will never get the money from the GEMA. This company assumes that every artist worldwide is automatically a member of the GEMA, if he signed a contract or not. And if the GEMA collected fees and he does not show up to get the cash collected for him - his problem. Isn't this a nice business idea ? Last edited by Catfish; 04-21-12 at 04:12 AM.