-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Frank Barknecht schrieb: The policy of the GEMA is to claim some more than what is lawful and to wait if somebody complains. So *if* you complain, GEMA becomes quite fast quite liberal... Fact is, that in germ authorrights are bound to the person (in contrast to anglosaxon law, that allows to give away every right to a company for instance) So it is indeed the responsabiltiy and decision of every single author/composer/player if a recording is streamed or not. GEMA claims to organize such rightful use of *every* piece of music in Germany BUT: if you as the author state, that neither you nor your work is affiliated in any way with GEMA or any of GEMAs international partners - then it is up to *you* what goes on with the recording, Such statement must be made in a formal way (piece of paper, signed), then the odds are good, that GEMA will revoke its claim on your music... At the other hand i agree with Frank: GEMA is the big mighty Dinosaur of Copyright in Germ, that nobody wants to be in trouble with. To scare awy that beast is risky and if not each and every involved artist cooperates properly, it brings tons of trouble.. Still it can be done Hartmut Z Noack http://linuxuse.de/snd