German promoters to receive a cut of concert streams

A contract between promoters' body GWVR and label association BVMI provides for organisers to receive up to 4.5% of the sale price when footage from their shows is reused

© Markus Nass/BVMI

Concert organisers in Germany are now entitled to a cut of earnings from recordings of their promoted shows, following the signing of a landmark master agreement with record label representatives.

Just over three years after launching, the Gesellschaft zur Wahrnehmung von Veranstalterrechten (GWVR), or Society for the Exercise of Promoters’ Rights, has signed a master contract with the Federal Music Industry Association (BVMI) – the local IFPI affiliate, which represents more than 200 labels and related music companies –…

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