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
For a small internet radio without podcast: Annual flat fee of €80.00 (exc VAT)* per broadcast channel.
Broadcast channels:
broadcast in distinct stream from a single Internet site
For a small internet radio with podcast: Annual flat fee of €120.00 (exc VAT)* per broadcast channel.Broadcast channels:
broadcast in distinct stream from a single Internet site
For example: 3 different musical styles with 1 stream for jazz, 1 stream for classical music, 1 stream for rock music from a single site.
* plus current levies and taxes (VAT and social contributions).
Licensing conditions
- You are a private individual, an association, a foundation, a territorial authority, a public establishment.
- Your webradio has no income and your yearly expenses do not exceed €20,000 (exc VAT)
- Your webradio’s yearly income does not exceed €20,000 (exc VAT)
If you do not meet these conditions, please click here - 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). for streaming purposes. Your listeners will be unable to:
- download the works in the programme,
- alter the composition of the programme to change or customize it,
- select parts of the programme to have access to the works included in any individualized way at a time of their choice.
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. - 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. In this case, please click here.
- 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
- 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:
- The works you intend to offer in the context of your webradio may also belong to the repertoires of the following authors’ societies:
- SACD SACD (Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers) repertoire
- dramatic theatrical, musico-dramatic, operatic, choreographic works, pantomimes, circus tours and versions of these same works for television
- sketches and one man shows from the SACD repertoire and broadcasts of live performances
- audiovisual, multimedia and radio works (TV films, series, serials, cartoons, animation, sketches, feature films and short films, docudrama)
- humorous audiovisual or radio works (including sketches or humorous sequences: parodies, impressions, hidden camera…)
- still images from the above-listed works: SACD repertoire - Scam SCAM (Society of Multimedia Authors) repertoire
- audiovisual documentary works (essays, studies, narratives, portraits, full-length and short news reports, creative videos, corporate films….)
- audiovisual current affairs programmes
- journalistic works
- translations, dubbing, subtitling of works relating to SCAM repertoire
- still images (photographs, drawings, illustrations)
- works for radio excluding theatrical adaptations and musical works
- literary or multimedia works: SCAM repertoire
We invite you to contact them to be informed of their licensing conditions.