Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 104
Kassel
34119
Germany
Phone: +49 561 109 65 60
Fax: +49 561 109 65 620
E-mail: info@vg-musikedition.de
Web: http://www.vg-musikedition.de
Chief Executive:
Managing Director: Christian Krauß
Chief Executive Phone: 0049/561/109656-0
Chief Executive Email: krauss@vg-musikedition.de
KEY REPRESENTATIVES
President: Dr. Axel Sikorski
E-mail: vr@vg-musikedition.de
HISTORY OF ORGANISATION
Year of first distribution: 1981
ORGANISATION
Composition of Board:
Total number of Board Members: 4
How are Board Members elected: by members
Total number of Author Representatives: 1
Total number of Publisher Representatives: 3
Members:
Total Rights holders represented: 1886
Remarks about the members: 711 Music Publishers
1177 Composers/Songwriters/Editors
DATES OF FINANCIAL YEAR
January 1 - December 31
MODEL OF RRO OPERATION
Type of National legislation :
Civil law:
Yes
Common law:
No
Other Law: 27, 45a, 46, 52a, 52b, 53, 53a, 54, 54a, 60b, 70, 71 German Copyright Law
Licensing system:
Legal Licence
Other licensing system: Voluntary Licence
LICENCES
Reprographic licences
Types of works licensed: Musical works, Sheet Music, Songtexts
Types of institutions/sectors licensed: School book publishing houses, hymnbook publishers, Protestant and Catholic and Free-churches, organisers of public events, public educational institutions, radio stations, midifile manufactures, music schools, nursery schools and others
Other Licences
Public Lending Rights: No
Other areas of licensing: Performance Rights, Mechanical Rights, Broadcasting Rights, Digital licenses
DISTRIBUTION
Title-specific distribution:
No
Non title-specific distribution:
No
Both title-specific distribution and non title-specific distribution:
Yes
Full reporting:
Yes
Sampling:
No
Statistical surveys:
Yes
Objective availability:
No
Possibility to be copied:
No
AGREEMENTS
Number of Bilateral agreements type A: 13
Bilateral agreements type A with: Literar Mechana (Austria) SUISA (Switzerland) Kopinor (Norway) SEMU (Belgium) COPY-DAN (Denmark), KOPIOSTO (Finland), HKRRLS (Hong Kong), CEDRO (Spain), LUXORR (Luxembourg); Fjölis (Island), SECLI (France), SEAM (France), KORRA (South Corea)
Other agreements with RROs: AKM (Austria), CCC (USA), AMCOS (Australia)
FINANCIAL DATA
Total amount collected for all licensing:
€ 6,220,369.23
Total amount collected for reproduction licensing:
€ 3,892,302.77
Total amount collected nationally for reproduction licensing:
€ 3,536,546.76
Total amount received for licensing from other RROs world-wide:
€ 355,756.01
Total amount distributed to national rightsholders:
€ 7,229,223.84
Total Amount distributed to foreign RROs:
€ 46,642.63
Total amount distributed from all licensing:
€ 7,275,866.47