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
Pay-as-you-go music download services with a yearly income between €0 and €20,000 (exc VAT):
Annual flat fee payable in advance
| Up to 700 downloads | €50/year* |
| Up to 2,000 downloads | €140/year* |
| Up to 7,000 downloads | €480/year* |
| Up to 15,000 downloads | €1000/year* |
| Up to 30,000 downloads | €2,000/year* |
Download the standard terms and conditions:
For annual blanket license for small online services offering pay-as-you-go music download
Pay-as-you-go music download services with a yearly income exceeding €20,000 (exc VAT):
| Rate | 9% of income (including from advertising, partnerships, sponsoring...) |
| Minimum amount** | €0.07 (exc VAT)* per track downloaded €0.70 (exc VAT)* per album downloaded (maximum: 15 tracks). |
| Beyond 15 tracks downloaded in an album, a minimum amount of €0.0435 (exc VAT)* per additional track. |
When the service also provides access to works in the form of pre-listening and/or pre-viewing of excerpts, a monthly fee of €100 (exc VAT)* is charged.
* plus current levies and taxes (VAT and social contributions).
** The amount of remuneration per download cannot be less than the minimum amount.
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 rights
Moral 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.. - The licence is valid in France, Luxembourg and Monaco.
- The use of music in the context of a promotional operation associated with a brand is excluded from the scope of the licence and requires a separate licence request.
- You must be of legal age or the legal representative of a minor or a person under guardianship or curatorship.
Getting a licence
- Fill in your licence request online. Get a licence
- A SACEM consultant will contact you to finalize your licence request.
Helpful
- 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: