"We are especially happy for our actors and actresses because they will receive remuneration from France for the first time. After many years of negotiations and one year after signing the contract, we initially received about 1.5 million euros from our French sister society ADAMI, which we are now delighted to pass on," summarises Burkhard Sehm, Head of Legal and Business Affairs.

Already earlier this month, international revenues were distributed to their entitled recording producers. Now, as planned, the remuneration for performing artists will follow these days. As in the previous year, we have thus achieved our goal of distributing royalties from abroad to our rightsholders on a quarterly basis.

Approximately 1.6 million Euros will be distributed to our rightsholders this quarter. This means that in 2022, we will have distributed about 10 million Euros from abroad to our entitled performing artists and recording producers.

This reporting deadline does not apply to the so-called "open budgets" (e.g. individual contributions in shows, commercials, documentary formats) and the extended protection period for sound recordings according to §79a. We will inform you separately about the corresponding reporting options and deadlines in due time. 

Event organisers who have qualified for payments will find their individual remuneration results of the final distribution 2019 in the portal meine.gvl.

If you have any questions, please contact us at veranstalter@gvl.de or +49 30 48483-855. 

Event organisers who have qualified for payments will find their individual remuneration results of the final distributions in the portal meine.gvl.

If you have any questions, please contact us at veranstalter@gvl.de or +49 30 48483-855. 

GVL is closing the distribution for the usage years 2017 and 2018 with this final distribution. All funds, including available reserves for these years, will be distributed. Remuneration from the so-called “open budgets” such as jingles or advertising are included in this distribution run for the first time.

In order for you to participate in the final distribution the productions to which you have contributed, must have been broadcast on the radio or on TV in 2019.

Prof. Christian Höppner is Secretary of the German Music Council and President of the German Cultural Council.  The cello player and conductor is a GVL rightsholder and has been supporting the needs of musicians and creatives in various functions for many years.