If you work as an author, artist, and/or musician, your work may - under applicable copyright law - be used within the contexts of scholarship and teaching, in libraries, and by private individuals, subject to certain conditions, without requiring your permission.
To compensate for this, you are entitled to statutory remuneration claims. These remuneration payments are collected exclusively by the collecting societies (VG) established for this purpose and distributed to the rights holders:
- VG WORT represents authors and musicians.
- VG BILD-KUNST represents artists from the visual arts sector.
- GEMA represents composers, lyricists, and music publishers.
Special distributions may also be paid for publication on electronic platforms and in repositories, as well as within the context of Open Access. Please consult the following website for further information:
