| GEMA vs. concert promotion | Ramona2 | 6/27/12 2:51 AM | short story: American band planning a tour in Europe with a German promoter. Band videos are blocked in Germany, due to GEMA. GEMA (according to their own information) represent the SONGWRITER copyright don't give any instructions to block content,th |
| Re: GEMA vs. concert promotion | anmoose | 6/27/12 8:19 AM | Songwriter may own copyright to song, but may not hold copyright to recorded performance. |
| Re: GEMA vs. concert promotion | Ramona2 | 6/27/12 9:34 AM | Songwriter holds the copyright for the song, it´s in the ASCAP database. Never said he holds the recording copyright. Allegedly - I´m not guessing. That´s what GEMA told me, not sure if they tell me the truth in the middle of a lawsuit. I´m native G |
| Re: GEMA vs. concert promotion | anmoose | 6/27/12 10:18 AM | The copyright holder for the recording takes precedence when it's the recording that's being blocked. |
| Re: GEMA vs. concert promotion | Ramona2 | 6/27/12 2:48 PM | TO ANMOOSE Facts: - I need a contctct - you dont have any So what are we talking about? |
| Re: GEMA vs. concert promotion | Ramona2 | 6/29/12 1:28 AM | I forgot to mention one fact: GEMA has nothing to do with recording copyrights. They only deal with writers copyrights (music, lyrics) and collect the money. For the recording copyrights in Germany there is GVL. The message when you try to play the v |
| Re: GEMA vs. concert promotion | gbcali | 6/29/12 8:46 AM | GEMA and YouTube have been locked in legal battle for years. GEMA's authority is enshrined in German law and within Germany they have unprecedented power compared to similar collecting rights organizations in other countries. The GEMA Presumption ( |