And what's the big deal about just quitting GEMA if you want to release on a netlabel for free? As I understand the posts here, you don't gain much in royalties anyway, and as you still own the copyrights of your tracks, you don't really need the copyright protection too, unless you get really big in business.
Another question: What actually happens when you as an non-GEMA artist release on vinyl? So the label wouldn't have to pay to GEMA and could save a lot of money, right? So where's the catch?
Until now I couldn't come up with any reason why I should join an organisation like GEMA, so I just leave it as it is.
Sorry if I ask silly questions but this topic is so confusing + I'm really bad with this law stuff...
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