Acquire a license as a DJ

You can purchase a license as a DJ

• As a DJ, you must acquire a license if you want to make another piece of music available to the public or to market it.
• Contact Gema to purchase a license as a DJ. You can contact GEMA via the e-mail address [email protected] or call 0049-089-48003642.
• Note that you must obtain a license for any public rendering. This is the only way to ensure that you do not violate any copyrights and that the author of the piece of music also earns on the royalties.
• The amount of the fee for the license that you acquire from GEMA depends on the size of the event room and the number of listeners.
• GEMA will be happy to provide you with individual information about the costs incurred by your license as a DJ.


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• Once you have acquired the license for every piece of music that you play partially or completely, you do not run the risk of triggering claims for damages.

Useful information about GEMA for DJs

• As a DJ, always keep in mind that if you have permission from the rights holder and change the piece of music, you are creating your own work. You should also acquire a license for your own work. If you acquire these, you will earn money with the title.
• You should know that this work will then be protected as your independent piece of music. If you are registered with GEMA and register your own piece of music, you will receive part of the royalties if your work is played and made available to the public.
• If you have composed a piece of music yourself as a DJ and register this title with GEMA, you will receive royalties if your piece of music is played on the radio or at parties.