VG Wort

Verwertungsgesellschaft Wort (VG WORT, Collection Management Organisation VG WORT) is a Munich-based German copyright collective that administers copyright-related royalties. It was founded in February 1958 at the initiative of the Association of German Writers. Georg Kahn-Ackermann [de] was one of the co-founders and later honorary president.[1][2][3][4]

The organization's existence and activities are subject to German legislation (Section 22 of the German Civil Code, Section 1(4) of the Copyright Act), the Collecting Societies Act [de] and are under the state supervision of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA).

  1. ^ "VG Wort, Verwertungsgesellschaft Wort (VGWort)". Deutscher Bildungsserver (in German). Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  2. ^ "Die VG WORT - VG WORT". www.vgwort.de. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  3. ^ "Verwertungsgesellschaft WORT (VG WORT) – Historisches Lexikon Bayerns". www.historisches-lexikon-bayerns.de. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  4. ^ Keiderling, Thomas (2009-05-05), Die VG WORT entfaltet ihre Tätigkeiten (in German), De Gruyter, pp. 58–62, doi:10.1515/9783899495812.2.58, ISBN 978-3-89949-581-2, retrieved 2023-02-18