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Corint Media is a European corporation of media enterprises that offers licences for the usage of digital publications and the programmes of private broadcasters.

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Certified by the EU Commission

Corint Media manages the rights of private broadcasting companies on both the German and international market. The legal basis of its activities is the EU’s Collective Management Organisations (CMO) Directive. By implementing the European Union’s Digital Single Market (DSM) directive, the exercise of European press copyright will be standardised. Corint Media facilitates the practical implementation of these rights, which are granted by European legislation, and can enforce them efficiently as a European collecting society.

Facts & Figures

  • Established
    2001

    Corint Media began to exercise the protection of ancillary rights for private broadcasters 20 years ago under the name of VG Media.

  • International
    40+

    Corint Media licences the rights of international media companies in more than 40 countries across the globe.

  • Supported
    360k

    Corint Media has signed extensive licencing agreements with more than 360,000 contractors to date.

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Rightholders Portfolio

Corint Media is a company with German roots, but we manage the rights both of German and international media companies. The protection and implementation of these rights in exchange for appropriate remuneration establishes an economic basis for broadcasters and publishers, who in turn can use it to pay creatives and writers adequately. Corint Media protects media companies’ investments and ensures they receive a fair share of the royalties when their rights are used by third parties.

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Questions & Answers

What is a collecting society?
A collecting society is an association of right holders. It maintains the copyright and ancillary rights of the right holders (in this case, broadcasters and press publishers) in relation to third parties. The resulting revenue is paid to the individual right holders after deduction of administrative costs in accordance with a distribution plan. The legal basis for the activities of collecting societies in Germany is the Collecting Societies Act. Collecting societies, such as Corint Media, do not make a profit. They provide a service to their right holders.
What are ancillary rights?
Like copyright, ancillary rights are intellectual property rights. The owners of these rights decide on their use. As a rule, right holders desire third party use of their rights. And if this is the case, right holders are entitled to appropriate remuneration. Unlike copyright, which safeguards the creativity of the copyright holder, ancillary rights protect intermediaries of the works – such as broadcasting companies and publishers – and the creatives who work for them, as well as corporate services used to create new works from various individual ones. At the same time, ancillary rights protect the total company effort involved when a publisher produces digital publishing output, or a TV or radio station produces programmes, running 24 hours, 365 days a year.
Can Corint Media enter into licence agreements at home and abroad?
Yes, as a German collecting society, Corint Media can operate abroad and sign licencing agreements there too. This was certified by the European Commission in 2012.
Why is a national and European implementation of ancillary rights necessary?
The use of media content does not end at a country’s borders. This is even more relevant if rights are used by corporations organised on an international level. The right holders may be scattered across the globe but the application for use of rights is concentrated in one place. Only by strengthening the rights portfolio on the supply side do right holders have the opportunity to enforce appropriate remuneration and avoid substitution effects.
How can I transfer rights?
Rights are administered through a standardised contract. To transfer rights to Corint Media, right holders enter into a rights administration or representation agreement. For further questions regarding the transfer of rights, please contact: info@corint-media.com
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