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| Abbreviation | GEMA |
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| Formation | September 28, 1933 |
| Purpose | Collecting society for collective rights management |
| Headquarters | Berlin and Munich |
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Region served | Germany |
Membership | c. 3,700 full members, c. 6,400 candidate members with limited rights, and c. 59,000 authors without access to full membership |
Official language | German |
Chairperson | Tobias Holzmüller |
Staff | 1,068 |
| Website | www |
The Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte (GEMA; "Society for musical performing and mechanical reproduction rights") is a government-mandated collecting society and performance rights organization based in Germany,[1] with administrative offices in Berlin and Munich. GEMA represents the usage rights stemming from authors' rights (e.g., mechanical licensing, broadcast licensing, synchronization licensing) for the musical works of those composers, lyricists, and publishers who are members in the organization. It is the only such institution in Germany and a member of BIEM and CISAC. Other collecting societies include the (AKM) Society of authors, composers and music publishers (de) in Austria and SUISA in Switzerland.
As an "accredited profit-making association with legal capacity" (German: rechtsfähiger wirtschaftlicher Verein), GEMA's capacity to be a subject of legal rights and duties is based upon state conferral (under Article 22 of the German civil code). The chairperson of the executive board (CEO) is Tobias Holzmüller (since 2023); the chairperson of the board of directors is Ralf Weigand.
- ^ Snow, Mat (5 March 1991). "Q&A". Q Magazine. 55: 34.