Erich Schulze (association official)

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Erich Schulze (born February 1, 1913 in Berlin ; † December 8, 2017 in Grünwald ) was a German association official ; he was the first chairman and general director of GEMA . He was known by lawyers and musicians under the name of Mr. GEMA due to his many years of work at GEMA .

Life

After attending secondary school , Schulze began his professional life as a legal assistant . For many years he was in a leading position, u. a. as director for Bohemia and Moravia, in the "State-approved Society for the Exploitation of Musical Performance Rights" (STAGMA) founded by Joseph Goebbels in September 1933 . In 1947 he was commissioned to set up GEMA. He resigned his position as sole director and general director of the company at the end of 1989 after more than 40 years and had been honorary president of the company since early 1990. During the time under Schulze's leadership, GEMA's royalties rose from 16 million RM at the beginning to over 500 million DM .

Schulze influenced the legislation in the area of ​​copyright as an advisor to politicians - for example as a member of the expert commission of the Federal Ministry of Justice - but also as a plaintiff before the Federal Constitutional Court . He is the author of numerous specialist publications in the field of copyright. Schulze's successor as GEMA board member was Reinhold Kreile .

In 1998, Erich Schulze founded the foundation named after him for the promotion of the sciences through the protection of art and cultural workers and entrusted the Philipps University of Marburg with the foundation's tasks , including the awarding of the Erich Schulze Prize, worth 2,500 euros, for outstanding work heard in the fields of copyright law and musicology ; in 2011 the award was given to the musicologist Christian Lemmerich.

Erich Schulze was married, had four children and had lived in the Upper Bavarian community of Grünwald since 1956 .

Awards and honors (selection)

literature

  • A life for copyright . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung No. 27 of February 1, 2013, p. R5
  • Who is Who in the Federal Republic of Germany , publisher for prominent encyclopedias, Zug 1996
  • Ralph Backhaus (Ed.): Ceremony for the 90th birthday of Prof. Dr. iur. hc Erich Schulze, Honorary President of GEMA . Elwert, Marburg 2003, ISBN 3-7708-1254-9 .
  • Erich Häußer , Professor Dr. Erich Schulze 75 , in: Journal for Copyright and Media Law 1988, p. 130
  • Heinrich Hubmann , Erich Schulze on his 70th birthday , in: Neue Juristische Wochenschrift 1983, pp. 924–925
  • International Society for Copyright e. V. Berlin, (Ed.): Jus Auctoris Vindicatum: Contributions to the international development of copyright law. Announcement for Erich Schulze on the completion of his 60th year of life on February 1, 1973 . Yearbook of the International Society for Copyright V., Berlin 1965–1973 Volume 2
  • Norbert Klatt, Dieter Meurer (Hrsg.): Shiny notes. Inventory Erich Schulze Foundation 2000 , Philipps University Marburg, 2000, ISBN 3-7708-1149-6 Text as a PDF file (with a list of Schulze's honors)
  • Reinhold Kreile : Erich Schulze on his 90th birthday . In: New legal weekly . tape 56 , no. 6 , 2003, p. 411 .
  • Wolfgang Martell: Biographical and other experienced dates of the post-war history of GEMA. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 1995, ISBN 3-527-28761-2 .
  • Ernst-Joachim Mestmäcker : Erich Schulze on his 85th birthday . In: New legal weekly . tape 51 , no. 13 , 1998, pp. 886 .
  • Dieter Meurer (Ed.): Ceremony for the 85th birthday of Prof. Dr. Erich Schulze, Honorary President of GEMA . Elwert, Marburg 1999, ISBN 3-7708-1120-8 .
  • Erich Schulze: Estimated and protected notes - on the history of collecting societies . VCH, Weinheim 1995, ISBN 3-527-28738-8 .
  • Erich Schulze , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 31/1989 of July 24, 1989, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Erich Schulze gen. Mr. GEMA is dead . Neue Musikzeitung , accessed on December 17, 2017
  2. ↑ Professor Dr. H. c. Erich Schulze passed away . Erich Schulze Foundation of the Philipps University of Marburg , PDF document, accessed on January 16, 2018
  3. ↑ A life for copyright . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung No. 27 of February 1, 2013, p. R5
  4. ↑ digits before leaving . Der Spiegel , No. 49, 1987, November 30, 1987, accessed February 1, 2012
  5. ↑ New boss for GEMA . Der Spiegel, No. 17, 1988 of April 25, 1988, accessed December 31, 2009
  6. ↑ BStU, MfS, HA XX / 9; No. 820, sheet 7
  7. ↑ http://www.abendblatt.de/kultur-live/article432707/Urhabenrechte-Tantiemen-und-die-Vorgaengerin-der-Gema.html
  8. ^ Society for musical performance and mechanical reproduction rights
  9. ↑ Musicologist receives Erich Schulze sponsorship award. Christian Lemmerich honors the Foundation for the “Promotion of Science through the Protection of Art and Creators” . Phillips University of Marburg, accessed March 12, 2012
  10. ↑ For services to Catholic church music, cf. Article (reference) in Musica sacra - The magazine for Catholic church music , 82nd year (1962), issue 4, p. 130.
  11. ↑ Announcement of awards of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In: Federal Gazette . Vol. 31, No. 5, January 9, 1979.
  12. ↑ a b Die Dramatiker-Union - Awards , accessed on July 4, 2012
  13. ↑ Norbert Klatt: Shiny notes. Inventory of the Erich Schulze Foundation . Elwert, Marburg 2000, ISBN 3-7708-1149-6 , text on the web, PDF document ( Memento from April 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
predecessor Office successor
- GEMA CEO
1947–1989 		Reinhold Kreile
personal data
SURNAME Schulze, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German association official, board member of GEMA
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH December 8, 2017
Place of death Grünwald