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.
SACEM services are intended for authors, composers, publishers,
author-directors, dubbers and subtitlers, poets, humourists.
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of foreign nationalities
nationalities
new members join each year
creators
publishers
… and a global repertoire of 11.8 million works
More than 6.8 million new works are registered with SACEM every year.
60
local offices in Metropolitan France
and Overseas
€413m
for concerts and live performances, background music, music played in discotheques and cinema theatres,
€326m
TV/Radio (including TV Operators)
€650m
Online (music and VoD/SVoD)
€74m
for private copying,
€98m
from international sources,
€39m
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.
510,000
authors, composers and publishers
of music in France and abroad received royalties from SACEM in 2024.
3,600
projects supported
in 2024
€20.3m
dedicated to cultural initiatives
in 2024
93%
of investments are made
possible through Private Copying