The consequences of the corona pandemic are dramatic for many creators and performers and music life is under threat of suffering long-term damage. The mid- and long-term impact of this cultural ice age, e.g. the social consequences of the pandemic, the extent of the migration of people into other professional branches or the threat to the survival of cultural and educational institutions can only be guessed at this time. 

The dates are continuously updated. We inform you on www.gvl.de of all news regarding the GVL distributions.

Performer distributions

1st semester 2021:

• Open budgets 2010-2014
• Supplementary distributions including ZPÜ, 2010-2014

2nd semester 2021:

Event organisers can access individual distribution results with immediate effect on our portal meine.gvl.  

Should you have any questions, our support team is happy to assist you and can be reached at veranstalter@gvl.de or +49 (0)30 48483-855.

“We are pleased that we could act as a constant factor from a financial perspective for many of our performers and producers in a year which could hardly have been any more unsteady”, as pointed out by Guido Evers and Dr. Tilo Gerlach, Managing Directors of GVL. “We carried out all regular distribution runs as scheduled and were able to allocate advances and corona support payments to our rights holders. We are proud of that.”

In the course of the Hamburg music dialogue in September, parts of the 2020 Music Industry Study have already been presented. The complete study "The Music Industry in Germany" is now available. Click here to see the German Version.

In addition to the unallocated revenues, GVL also distributes a private copying levy (ZPÜ) back payment for 2016, which we received earlier this year.

Check label.gvl for more information.

For further questions please contact us at label@gvl.de or +49 30 48483-650. Please note: our offices are closed from December 21, 2020 to January 3, 2021. We will be back at your service on January 4, 20202.

The amendment to the Articles of Association required for the Assembly of Rights Holders to be held virtually had already been cleared in the November meeting.

The Assembly of Rights Holders is held every four years. In the 15 group assemblies, the rights holders elect up to 22 delegates and 22 alternate delegates. Together with the four shareholder representatives, they make up the 26-member Assembly of Shareholders and Delegates.

What is your conclusion for the creative sector in 2020?

The current payouts by CMOs/MLCs relating to past performance periods are not taken into account when calculating turnover under the support programmes. 

Dear rights holders,

Tomorrow, GVL will begin with the payouts of the remuneration in the course of its initial distribution 2019 (except music video clips) and the subsequent distributions 2015 to 2018. 

Please note: