GVL

We are one of the biggest collective management organisations for neighbouring rights in Europe. Please read on to find out more about our activity as representatives of our rights holders.

Die GVL

Wir sind eine der größten Verwertungsgesellschaften für Leistungsschutzrechte in Europa. Informieren Sie sich über unsere Tätigkeit als Treuhänder für unsere Berechtigten.

Rechteinhaber

Mehr als 160.000 Rechteinhaber vertrauen uns bereits in der Wahrnehmung ihrer Leistungsschutzrechte. Erfahren Sie hier, wie auch Sie von der GVL profitieren.

Rechtenutzer

Die GVL lizenziert die Verwertung von leistungsschutzrechtlich geschützten Produktionen. Nutzen Sie die Vielfalt und Qualität der Leistungen unserer Berechtigten für sich.

Rights holders

More than 160,000 members have already entrusted us with their neighbouring rights. Please read on for further information.

Rights users

GVL licenses the usage of productions protected by neighbouring rights. Why not make use of the varied, high quality performances of our rights holders?

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News items

A Study on Gender Distribution in the Music Industry

With a comprehensive market research study as part of the Keychange initiative, Reeperbahn Festival is investigating gender distribution in all segments of German music culture and the music industry.

16.04.2021
Information about the start of the distribution of the open budgets 2010-14 for artists

Today, GVL will start the distribution of the remuneration for the open budgets 2010 to 2014.

16.04.2021
GVL Assembly of Rights Holders 2021: Invitations are dispatched

The invitations for the GVL Assembly of Rights Holders 2021 (BV 2021) are going to be dispatched in the coming days. All rights holders will receive a letter or an e-mail from our partner Link Market Services.

06.04.2021
Producers: Launch of the subsequent distributions 2017-2019 and advance payments for 2020

Today, the subsequent distribution runs for the usage years 2017 to 2019 are launched. In parallel, as a part of #coronahilfe #coronarelief, payments on account for the 2020 initial distribution are released.

30.03.2021
Obituary for Ernst Schönfelde

Aged 93, our former long-term colleague, Ernst Schönfelder, passed away on 25 February in Hamburg. Until 2003, he managed the cultural and social grants unit.

18.03.2021
GVL Assembly of Rights Holders

From today, all rights holders will be able to access information regarding the Assembly of Rights Holders on 3 and 4 June 2021 via the InfoPortal BV2021 (bv2021.gvl.de)

17.03.2021
The notification deadline for the distribution years 2015 and 2016 will be on 30/04/2021

In order to ensure that all contributions can be taken into account for the 2015 and 2016 final distributions, we would like to invite our performers who are rights holders to submit their notifications for said usage years no later than 30/04/2021 via meine.gvl.

17.03.2021
3 questions for... Gerald Mertens

We asked Gerald Mertens, the Managing Director of the German Orchestra Association (DOV) three questions on the exceptional year 2020 and his plans for 2021.

16.03.2021
Information: GVL distributions in conjunction with corona government support

Überbrückungshilfe [Interim aid] III and Neustarthilfe [restart aid] programmes: Turnover calculation is based on the date of the provision of services.

02.03.2021
2016 and 2017 distribution for music video clips to producers completed

Today, GVL is going to transfer the remuneration in the course of the follow-up distributions for music video clipes for the usage years 2016 and 2017 to the producers of sound recordings.

23.02.2021

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