Please note: If you have already received advance payments for regular distributions in the past, we must process your distributions manually. Therefore, it may take about two weeks before your payout is processed.

Broadcasting remuneration remained GVL's largest source of income, closely followed by revenues from private copying. After special effects due to back payments in the previous years, GVL's income of EUR 215.5 million in 2019 still kept in line with expectations.

With those new functions, GVL offers its producers of sound recordings and audiovisual recordings numerous new self-service functions, particularly in the area of repertoire management via label.gvl. Labels can now edit all their reported rights ownership details without much effort and at any time and have thus full control over their repertoire. This facilitates conflict resolution and supports the dynamics of the licensing market.

GVL is doing everything possible to provide the best possible support in this exceptional situation. In order to be able to provide visible help in the short and medium term, we established the € 250 emergency aid programme for freelance corona victims as quickly as possible in mid-March, which has since been taken up by well over 7,000 freelancers.

The objective of MEP Niklas Nienaß's campaign is to secure short and medium-term support for the European cultural and creative industries and thus to ensure a diverse cultural landscape in the long term, even after the Covid 19 pandemic.

The objective of this campaign is very close to the heart of GVL.  For this reason, it has joined the "SaveEUculture" campaign and calls on its rightsholders to sign the respective petition (here http://www.saveEUculture.eu).

These payments on account, to be transferred at the end of May, are an exceptional kind of advance for performers on future distributions. The amount is not yet fixed, it depends on the number of participants and the individual expected claims from the distributions of the next years.

The advance payment made by GVL will be offset against the future remuneration to which they are entitled. Only when the advance payment has been fully covered by future remuneration for the years will new payouts be made again.

We are pleased to make a donation of EUR 1,500 to the Charité hospital in Berlin to fight the corona pandemic and hope that our commitment will help those who need our help most. The donation will go to the "Corona Emergency Aid Fund" of the Charité. https://gutes-tun.charite.de/ The money will be used here for aid offers that relieve doctors and nursing staff during the spread of the corona virus. These may include food delivery services, additional childcare or alternative means of transport.

The current shutdown of public life is threatening the existence of the industry, which is characterised by individual, small and micro enterprises - partnering with the performers who are the focus of attention. The German music industry fears that losses caused by corona will amount to almost 5.5 billion Euros within 6 months. The damage report of the music industry illustrates this.

With the advance payments to its producers of sound recordings, which are starting right now, GVL is making a further contribution to the financial support of its rightsholders. By doing so, it intends to counteract the acute economic effects of the corona pandemic, especially on independent labels.