On 10 and 11 April 2024, the collecting societies for neighbouring rights in the DACH region met in Berlin. GVL hosted the event and warmly welcomed colleagues from Swissperform in Zurich and LSG in Vienna.

The agenda of the annual event included a general exchange of experiences as well as the presentation of best practices and current technical and legal issues. Discussions also focussed on opportunities for closer cooperation.

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.

More than 100 international guests from the SCAPR associates met in Berlin to discuss the many aspects of international cooperation. 

What can guests expect at the GVL Talk on international righ

Music knows no borders. Performers and producers are also entitled to receive remuneration from secondary exploitation outside of Germany. For this, rights holders need to mandate GVL with the management of their rights abroad.  

This way, GVL can submit claims for the exploitation of productions from its sister organisations from all over the world and pay out the remuneration to its rights holders. Check out our infographic to see how this works.

Die GVL startet heute mit der planmäßigen Weiterleitung von Vergütungen aus dem Ausland an ihre berechtigten Hersteller*innen.

A total of approximately 4 million euros will be paid out in this distribution round. Royalties will be forwarded from Austria, Italy, the Netherlands, the USA, Great Britain and Finnland, among others.

Prerequisites for receiving foreign remuneration are the reportings of participations and the registrations of repertoire in our online portals as well as the transfer of international rights management.

In addition to the already long-existing contract with the Irish RAAP for our performing musicians, GVL has expanded its rights portfolio in Ireland and enters into an agreement with PPI.

EUR 5.56m are available for this payout run. The money originates, among others, from Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and Austria. Contribution notifications submitted to meine.gvl are the basis for this payout. 

GVL has also been able to establish a continuous distribution rhythm in terms of passing on international revenues.