Traditionally, the grant applications for the following year were approved at the Associates' and Delegates' Assembly's autumn meeting. The committee approved a total of 84 projects in the area of cultural policy grants.
Against the backdrop of the ongoing war, the associates and delegates also supported the funding of further projects as part of the Ukraine aid programme, including
Art has always characterised the identity, values and world view of our society. Creativity is the ability to mould ideas, create art and solve problems. Through music, text, film or any other form of creativity, we humans express ourselves and shape the world around us. This is what makes our lives profound, multifaceted and unique. That is why it is important that the work of creative professions is recognised and protected.
GVL's rights holders receive their remuneration based on the use of audio or audiovisual productions. In order to determine this remuneration, GVL requires information on who owns which rights to a production or who has contributed to it as well as detailed data on the use of these productions.
Our speakers Sandy Backhaus (Head of Rights Service Artists) and Dirk Löwenberg (Head of Rights Service Producers) will explain why GVL is such an indispensable part of the music landscape and how artists and labels can earn money via GVL.
With this final distribution, GVL is finalising the distribution for the 2019 usage year. All monies including distributions that are available to us for this year will be paid out. This also includes the remuneration for Radio/TV -extra formats 2019 (former "open budgets") such as jingles or advertising.
A total of around EUR 23.2 million is currently being paid out in the final distribution for 2019. A total of 164,340 performing artists took part in the distributions for 2019. These are all rights holders who reported their contributions to utilised productions on time.
On 21 November 2023 at 11:00 am, GVL and GEMA are hosting a joint webinar for interested creative professionals. Find out everything you need to know about the two major music collecting societies and get an overview of the rights represented by GVL and GEMA. The format also offers you the opportunity to ask your own questions and discuss them with the speakers. The webinar is organised by both GVL and GEMA
In addition to the already long existing treaties for our performing artists, GVL has expanded its rights portfolio in Spain and Finland entering new agreements with AGEDI and GRAMEX FIN.
The German Music Council and the Forum Musikwirtschaft join the appeal of the German Cultural Council for solidarity with the people in Israel and are appalled by the attacks on civilians. The terrorist attack by Hamas and the suffering it has brought upon the people are without words and a new, terrible wake-up call that anti-Semitism must also have no place in our society. We stand against anti-Semitically motivated hatred and our condolences are with the victims as well as their relatives who were deliberately targeted and ripped from life by terror.
