YouTubers rejoice: GEMA lifts block on YouTube videos

YouTube viewers in Germany will now be able to watch the videos once blocked by performing rights organization GEMA after the two parties came to a licensing agreement. As newcomers to Germany discover to their dismay soon after arrival, it’s been quite difficult to watch music videos in the Bundesrepublik for years now. This is because of a long dispute between the video-sharing site and GEMA, Germany’s state-authorized copyright collecting society, which represents the copyrights of more than 70,000 artists.
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