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Posted: **Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:24 am**

http://www.mixmag.net/words/news/gema-p ... ew-dj-fees

Posted: **Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:47 am**

Such a joke....I bet that most of the tunes played at the non commercial nights aren't signed to labels represented by GEMA. Even if they are, I still don't understand why, if a DJ purchases a song to play, he has to pay to play it.

Posted: **Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:53 am**

Or something that has been copied..

Posted: **Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:58 am**

agents should rush the dj w/ guns & badges & yell at him 2 show digital receipts of all the music hes playing

illegal downloads???

prison 4 life

Posted: **Tue Mar 19, 2013 11:02 am**

rayman612 wrote:agents should rush the dj w/ guns & badges & yell at him 2 show digital receipts of all the music hes playing

illegal downloads???

prison 4 life

This!

Posted: **Tue Mar 19, 2013 11:44 am**

I just wonder how they're going to enforce all this? The only way to do so would be through the venues. So even more pressure on them? Bye Bye Berghain!

Posted: **Tue Mar 19, 2013 1:24 pm**

What about DJs that play full sets of their own productions? Are they gonna have to pay to play their own works?

Posted: **Tue Mar 19, 2013 1:47 pm**

Riddles wrote:Such a joke....I bet that most of the tunes played at the non commercial nights aren't signed to labels represented by GEMA. Even if they are, I still don't understand why, if a DJ purchases a song to play, he has to pay to play it.

Well their slovak counterpart works in the way that you purchase a license for 200€ and you play what you want all year long, no one gives a fuck what are you playing and where you get it from. They don't collect money for respective copyright holders, they just parasite for their own profit. So i assume GEMA works somehow similar.

I don't know how it's even possible, it just seems like blatant violation. These fucks have 0 moral value

Posted: **Tue Mar 19, 2013 2:03 pm**

it could be good if there was a sliding scale:
quality tunnage owes no tax, shit music pays heaps
& a percentage of proceeds is directed towards grants for start-up music-based businesses
such as clubs in deprived areas, sound systems, pressing plants & festivals

Posted: **Tue Mar 19, 2013 3:31 pm**

How does this work?

Do they have gema agents at everyshow - inspecting and verifying everyones playlists/laptop files?

This is why radio in the states is all classic rock and country...
Here I believe (not completely sure on this) - That if you are an artist...you register with the RIAA (?!)and then once a year or couple times a year - you get cut a flat percentage of what they collect.

After the lawyers and administrators and big labels take a huge payout of course.

This is just what I've read - It could all just be false and unreal.

Posted: **Wed Mar 20, 2013 1:40 am**

this is absolutely ridiculous!

Posted: **Wed Mar 20, 2013 2:18 am**

izan scum

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesellscha ... .80.932000

Posted: **Wed Mar 20, 2013 2:20 am**

vinyl ftw

Posted: **Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:57 pm**

Kinda weird that they're doing this seeing as most DJs play a lot of unsigned dub plates etc.

Like don't those count as gifts?
Shit they're playing out on request?

I think this would be good for electronic music in germany tbh. Would drive it underground.
Businesses on the other hand are fucked.

Posted: **Wed Mar 20, 2013 10:42 pm**

The cost for each one of said 'copied' tracks would be €0.13, and GEMA are even proposing package deals where DJs pay €50 per 500 tracks.

people who have 5,000+ tunes on their laptops are gonna get fucked over.

would not want to be a dj in Germany.

Posted: **Thu Mar 21, 2013 12:39 am**

pembroke wrote:I think this would be good for electronic music in germany tbh. Would drive it underground.

this is what i'm hoping will be the main result

Posted: **Thu Mar 21, 2013 12:42 am**

It's unfair on the public but I think people will just start to boycott Germany. I would.

Posted: **Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:11 am**

I really hope this doesn't fuck up the Berlin music scene before i get a chance to check it out

Posted: **Thu Mar 21, 2013 5:18 am**

Terpit wrote:Germany's gonna have a lot more vinyl DJs playing out then

Posted: **Wed Apr 24, 2013 5:02 pm**

Excellent article on RA covering the past year or so.

http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1757

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