Your work is valuable – not only for your clients, but also to the society. However, once your work is sold, you are practically unable to participate in its future returns, i.e. when your work is published, printed, broadcasted, reproduced or resold.

Hence, Germany has set up four major collection societies which distribute royalties to the copyright owners: VG Wort, GEMA, GVL and VG Bild-Kunst. If you are an artist or actor, a journalist or musician, it is likely that you can claim royalties from the societies.

We can assist when it comes to how to become a member of and how to yearly report your copyright protected work to the collecting societies. Ask us for an individual offer.