This just dropped into my inbox from the netaudio group, directed to
netlabel owners:
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The German Institution GEMA www.gema.de (German equivalent to RIAA)
will NOT allow GEMA Acts on Netlabels for free, because they will bill
your DOWNLOADS (12,5 european Cent per Download) for their protecting
rights, because these Acts are members of the GEMA organisation.
To all Netlabels of Switzerland:
ask your SUISA Organisation, if you have the rights to offer
downloadiong tracks of SUISA members.
I think, they have similar rules like the German Organisation GEMA.
Thinner was the first Netlabel, they receive a warning from GEMA, so
read this on mnml.nl:
http://www.mnml.nl/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=10615
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http://www.mnml.nl/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=10615>
Ask your Acts, if they are registered members of the German
Institution GEMA. If yes, its the only way to sell this stuff for a
minimum price on internet (on your pages/shop section, Beatport etc.)
and announce/register this tracks with GEMA) or to delete it.
Its only allowed to stream Stuff of GEMA Members on the Original Page.
Its also NOT allowed to offer some "Promo" DJ-Mixes or Podcasts with
GEMA Stuff in it (without registration to GEMA).
Here are (sorry, only in German) a good information site about music
rights on internet:
http://irights.de/index.php?id=461 <
http://irights.de/index.php?id=461>
http://www.urheberrecht.org/news/ <
http://www.urheberrecht.org/news/>
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....................................ugh.
jeff
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