German management firm told care homes don't need license to transmit TV to rooms
By Douglas Clarke-Williams ( April 30, 2026, 12:39 GMT | Insight) -- A German copyright collective management organization known as GEMA will not be able to charge retirement homes for broadcast licenses after the EU’s highest court ruled that the transmission of television and radio broadcasts to residents’ rooms and treatment areas did not count as a fee-paying communication to the public.A German music copyright collective management organization known as GEMA has been told by the EU's top court that it can't charge a retirement home a license fee for transmitting television and radio to residents’ rooms and treatment areas because they didn't represent a new public....
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