Downtown-owned global distribution company FUGA has opened an office in Berlin to expand its service offering in the region. Based in Kreuzberg, FUGA’s Berlin office will...
Revenues from recorded music sales reached €1.96 billion in 2021 in Germany, a 10% increase compared to the previous year, according to figures released by the...
Germany's creative sector has welcomed the decision by the new Social Democrats, Greens, and Liberal Democrats coalition to name Green Party member of the Parliament Claudia...
The German recorded music sector posted revenues of €903.8 million euros for the first six months of this year, up 12.4% over the same period of...
By Emmanuel LegrandGermany's Bunsdestag has voted the proposed law transposing the Copyright Directive into German legislation. The May 20 vote followed last minutes attempts by the...
By Emmanuel LegrandThe recorded music markets in Germany, Austria and Switzerland have experienced growth in 2020, despite the lockdown, with revenues boosted by good performances from...
By Emmanuel LegrandThe German government has approved a draft legislation that would transpose into German law the European Union's Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive....
By Emmanuel LegrandThe Regional Court of Frankfurt has issued an injunction against the Germany-based operator of likeservice24.de, a platform the was accused by international trade body...
By Emmanuel LegrandGermany's trade organisations VUT, representing independent music companies, and DMV, the German music publishers' association, have criticised the latest draft of the Copyright Directive...
By Emmanuel LegrandVUT, the German Association of Independent Music Entrepreneurs, has become the fourth shareholder of GVL, the Berlin-based neighbouring rights society for Germany, alongside BVMI...