{"id":1231,"date":"2026-09-22T14:15:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T12:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/music2biz.eu\/gema-akm\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T15:38:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T13:38:14","slug":"gema-akm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/music2biz.eu\/en\/gema-akm\/","title":{"rendered":"GEMA &amp; AKM"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1231\" class=\"elementor elementor-1231\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-gema-head e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"gema-head\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-gema-kicker elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"gema-kicker\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">GEMA | AKM | SUISA<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-gema-h1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"gema-h1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">GEMA | AKM | SUISA<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-gema-nav elementor-icon-list--layout-inline elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"gema-nav\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items elementor-inline-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/en\/royalty-free-terms\/\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Music fees \u2013 Who has to pay them?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/en\/gema-free-music-officially-confirmed\/\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">MUSIC2BIZ Fee exemption<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihk-bonn.de\/fileadmin\/dokumente\/Downloads\/Recht_und_Steuern\/Gewerblicher_Rechtsschutz\/GEMA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">GEMA Info from the IHK<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-gema-body e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"gema-body\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-gema-col rechtstext e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"gema-col\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-gema-copy elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"gema-copy\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Collecting societies such as GEMA in Germany, AKM in Austria, and SUISA in Switzerland administer their members\u2019 copyrights. MUSIC2BIZ plays royalty-free music. No GEMA, AKM, or SUISA fees apply to this repertoire.<\/p>\r\n<h2>Music fees \u2013 Who has to pay them?<\/h2>\r\n<p>Music is royalty-free if the creators have not transferred its exploitation to a copyright collective. The GEMA is an association and not a government agency. It acts only for the works of its members.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/en\/royalty-free-terms\/\">Music fees \u2013 Who has to pay them?<\/a><\/p>\r\n<h2>MUSIC2BIZ Fee exemption<\/h2>\r\n<p>MUSIC2BIZ guarantees that the tracks in the music streaming flat rates are royalty-free: no GEMA fees, no AKM fees, no SUISA fees. A written clearance is available for every track. Customers receive a confirmation for on-site inspections.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/en\/gema-free-music-officially-confirmed\/\">MUSIC2BIZ Fee exemption<\/a><\/p>\r\n<h2>GEMA Info from the IHK<\/h2>\r\n<p>The Bonn Chamber of Commerce and Industry provides information on industrial property rights and GEMA.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihk-bonn.de\/fileadmin\/dokumente\/Downloads\/Recht_und_Steuern\/Gewerblicher_Rechtsschutz\/GEMA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GEMA Info from the IHK<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GEMA | AKM | SUISA GEMA | AKM | SUISA Musikgeb\u00fchren \u2013 Wer muss sie zahlen? MUSIC2BIZ Geb\u00fchrenbefreiung GEMA-Info von der IHK Verwertungsgesellschaften wie die GEMA in Deutschland, die AKM in \u00d6sterreich und die SUISA in der Schweiz verwalten die Urheberrechte ihrer Mitglieder. MUSIC2BIZ spielt lizenzfreie Musik. F\u00fcr dieses Repertoire fallen keine GEMA-, AKM- oder [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1231","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.6 (Yoast SEO v28.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>GEMA &amp; AKM - Music2Biz<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"GEMA &amp; AKM\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"GEMA | AKM | SUISA GEMA | AKM | SUISA Musikgeb\u00fchren \u2013 Wer muss sie zahlen? 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