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GEMA Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte operates as a collecting society that focuses on representing musical copyrights of composers, lyricists, and music publishers. The firm develops a system that provides a framework for archiving and licensing musical works. It also offers online services for users‘ research, licensing, and membership information. The company was founded in 1903 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

BMG Rights Management GmbH engages in music publishing, management of music copyrights, and music distribution. It offers music publishing and recording, content creation, commissioning new video programming, audiovisual rights management, synch marketing and licensing, as well as licensing of music rights. The company was founded on October 1, 2008 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.