This licence concerns several repertoires. SACEM and SDRM simplify the procedure with a single form.
- The works you use were created by authors and composers and are protected by law.
- You must get licences from authors’ societies to use them.
- This licence is granted by SDRM for SACEM
SACEM (Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music) repertoire
- musical works with or without lyrics
- dubbing and subtitles for drama
- musical documentary works only
- poems and sketches
- excerpts from dramatic and musico-dramatic works lasting less than 20 minutes for television
- realization of audiovisual works from the SACEM repertoire (humorous clips and videos)
- humorous or entertaining audiovisual works repertoires. - With this single form, you pay royalties which are then distributed among the creators and publishers, to remunerate their work. Paying royalties entitles you to use these works in full respect of copyright/authors’ rights.
Tariffs
Tariff conditions concern the production of a free recording accompanying your product or service (premium gift).
Consult tariffsLicensing 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). for works in the context of the production of a record.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 rights Adaptation, 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 rights Neighbouring 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
- Fill in our online licence request form . For your first request, you must create an OPO (work by work) producer account (free). You must fill in the list of works you wish to reproduce.
As soon as you have registered your licence request and validated the general conditions, you will receive a request number. - SDRM checks that the works belong to the repertoires it represents and will send you an estimate for the licence to your online account with the amount of royalties you will have to pay.
- Pay royalties to SDRM:
- by credit card from your online OPO producer account ;
- by bank transfer, using SDRM IBAN available on the online help ;
- by cheque, payable to SDRM, to be sent by post to: SDRM (OPO) 225, avenue Charles de Gaulle 92528 Neuilly-sur-Seine cedex ; specifying the licence request number(s) on the back of the cheque ;
NOTE : If you pay by cheque, your request will only be processed three weeks after it has been paid in.