GEMA
Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte
organization·collective management organization·active·also: GEMA
German collective management organization with an active AI-music licensing, policy and litigation program.
Recorded facts
| Official site | https://www.gema.de/ ↗ |
|---|---|
| Geography | Germany |
| category role | music_authors_collecting_society |
| ai music relevance | AI charter, licensing positions and litigation concerning generative music |
Current
| majority owned by (by) | SoundAware Group 2023-07-24 — nowSource 1 ↗ VERIFIED high confidence |
|---|---|
| holds majority stake in | SoundAware Group 2023-07-19 — nowSource 1 ↗ VERIFIED high confidence |
| holds majority stake in | SoundAware Group 2023-07-19 — nowSource 1 ↗ VERIFIED high confidence |
| acquirer in | GEMA majority acquisition of SoundAware Group (2023) 2023-07-03 — nowSource 1 ↗ VERIFIED high confidence |
| publishes | GEMA text-and-data-mining rights reservation for generative AISource 1 ↗ VERIFIED high confidence |
| litigates | SunoSource 1 ↗ VERIFIED high confidence |
| plaintiff in | GEMA v Suno (Munich Regional Court I, 42 O 763/25)Source 1 ↗ PARTY CLAIM high confidence |
| plaintiff in | GEMA v OpenAI (Munich Regional Court I, 42 O 14139/24)Source 1 ↗ VERIFIED high confidence |
| operates | KIMSource 1 ↗ PARTY CLAIM high confidence |
| publishes | GEMA AI CharterSource 1 ↗ VERIFIED high confidence |
| publishes | GEMA two-pillar licensing model for generative AISource 1 ↗ VERIFIED high confidence |
| works at (by) | Tobias HolzmüllerSource 1 ↗ VERIFIED high confidence |
| works at (by) | Kai WelpSource 1 ↗ VERIFIED high confidence |
| published by (by) | virtuosSource 1 ↗ VERIFIED high confidence |
Sources & changes
Checked 10d ago · highhow verification works
Field-level evidence
Public change history
- Status unknown → active
- Official URL unknown → www.gema.de
- Record maintenance · 12 fields updated
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