SACEM
in a nutshell
Founded in 1851 under the Second French Republic, SACEM (Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music), is a non-profit non-trading entity owned and managed by its members according to the business model of a cooperative.
Since 1851
SACEM services are intended for authors, composers, publishers,
author-directors, dubbers and subtitlers, poets, humourists.
- Giuseppe Verdi -
© Roger Viollet
- Catherine Ringer -
© Marc Chesneau
- Elie Semoun -
© Lionel Pages
- Édith Piaf -
© Roger Viollet
SACEM:
a powerful network of over
224,000
26,000 members
of foreign nationalities
176
nationalities
14,000
new members join each year
216,000
creators
8,000
publishers
… and a global repertoire of 96 million works
More than 4.4 million new works are registered with SACEM every year.
Territorial presence to be close to
members and clients
60
local offices in Metropolitan France
and Overseas
SACEM collects royalties
wherever works are played
€327m
for concerts and live performances, background music, music played in discotheques and cinema theatres,
€317.7m
TV/Radio (including TV Operators)
€557.4m
Online (music and VoD/SVoD)
€81.5m
for private copying,
€93.9m
from international sources,
€48.5m
for the reproduction of works on physical media,
…and royalties are redistributed to music authors, composers and publishers in France and worldwide.
Royalties are collected so as to reflect the real use of the works.
84%
work by work, on the basis of usage data on the dissemination and reproduction of works,
7%
by surveys,
9%
taking into account consumers habits.
394,000
authors, composers and publishers
of music in France and abroad received royalties from SACEM in 2023.
SACEM is committed
to supporting creation
3,657
projects supported
in 2023
€24.5m
dedicated to cultural initiatives
in 2023
93%
of investments are made
possible through Private Copying