From yesterday on, French musicians, composers and lyricists, who are members of the SACEM, can license their work under the non-commercial Creative Commons License. I think the german GEMA should allow their clients to do likewise. It would be a step into the right direction, and it would show their goodwill, which I doubt they have at all. For me it seems like the GEMA ist just trying to preserve itself, nothin more. Therefore, I will give some more information on the GEMA soon, and why they suck so bad.
A thorough article about the new development at SACEM is to be found here.
