If you look at the topics copyright and right of use It is easy to understand that “foreign material” is virtually untouchable. So we have R5M and deal with these issues very early on in order to be/remain on the safe side legally. Through your own music production We have become particularly cautious here and are happy to give tips and recommendations if required.

Small example: a customer wants to publish a video on his website in which a “radio hit“ provides the background music.
No problem! You just have to fill out the right forms at the GEMA Fill out digitally - then you get the costs for a certain period of time and you can get started. The corresponding video can then be uploaded to YouTube, for example, and then embedded on your own website in compliance with data protection regulations.

When it comes to usage rights, the Alliance of German Designers a print edition: AGD collective wage agreement for design (AGD/SDSt).
Here, the usage fee is determined based on so-called usage factors. In our years of work, we have often met designers and agencies who do not address this topic at all. Of course, that cannot be the case, because the customer should be able to decide to what extent a certain product or a creative service should be used. Simply, exclusively, regionally, nationally, etc.

You can also find more information about the whole thing on the AGD website.