SACEM repertoire includes the world’s broadest selection of music.
- The works you use were created by authors and composers and are protected by law.
- You must get a licence from SACEM to use them.
- SACEM collects royalties and distributes them to creators and publishers, to remunerate
their work. Paying royalties entitles you to use these works in full respect of
copyright/authors’ rights.
Tariffs
Tariffs vary according to your project.
Licensing conditions
- Your licence is granted for reproduction rights
Reproduction rights:
for recording works on media for the purpose of communicating them to audiences (CD, CD Rom, LP, multimedia, etc). and performing rightsPerforming rights:
for communication of a work to audiences, in particular by playing music in public places (shops, cinemas, discotheques, concerts, etc) and through media (radio, television, Internet, etc)..
This licence does not concern, in particular, moral rightsMoral rights:
moral rights, which grant authors the right for their name, position and work to be respected, are permanent, inalienable and imprescriptible., subsidiary rights, such as arrangement, adaptation and translation rightsAdaptation, arrangement and translation rights:
a licence must be obtained from rights holders before undertaking any arrangement, adaptation or translation, i.e., any change in the original work (new version, remix, etc)., etc. Nor does it concern neighbouring rightsNeighbouring rights:
Rights recognized by the French Intellectual Property Code (Book II) for performers and phonogram and videogram producers, in particular.. - You must be of legal age or the legal representative of a minor or a person under guardianship or curatorship.
Getting a licence
- Describe your project by filling in our online form.
- A SACEM consultant will contact you to finalize your licence request.
Helpful
SACEM and SDRM (Society for the Management of the Mechanical Reproduction Rights of Authors, Composers & Publishers) grant multi-territory licences and manage online rights for:
- direct SACEM repertoire
- repertoire controlled by Universal Music Publishing International
- repertoire controlled by Wixen Music Publishing
- for France, all the other repertoires entrusted to SACEM
If you use commercial recordings (singles, albums, including those which are self-produced), you must also apply for a licence from the producers of such recordings. For answers to your questions, you can contact: