WHO ARE WE?
SACEM (Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music) is at
the heart of creation.
Learn more about our organisation and
our story.
SACEM in a nutshell
189,470
creators
7,230
publishers
Authors, composers, publishers… SACEM represents and defends 196,700 members in France and worldwide and plays a crucial economic role to preserve musical creation. SACEM’s repertoire is the largest in the world.
Our values
SACEM is a non-profit non-trading entity owned and managed by its members.
Collecting
& distributing
royalties
Promoting
& supporting
creators
Defending
& protecting
our members and authors' rights
Our commitment
SACEM is structured on the model of a cooperative: a collective management organisation (CMO). Royalties from copyright/authors’ rights are authors and composers’ only source of revenue.
To guarantee authors’ intellectual property rights over their works, SACEM collects and distributes royalties.
SACEM
INNOVATION
Sacem Lab
Sacem Lab contributes to Sacem's innovation process by offering support
and expertise to our most forward-looking team members.
Partnerships are also formed throughout the year to test solutions designed to generate
value for creators in the Music Tech space.
Licensing
Sacem signs multi-territory licensing agreements with all the digital
players to collect author's rights for its members.
Its strategy relies on a perfect knowledge of the environment, on its partnerships and
on the strength of its repertoire.
URights
Developed in partnership with IBM, URights is a unique platform for managing online rights: from the processing of exploitation data from digital service providers to the calculation of the distribution for its members and international publishers.
Our network
SACEM’s territorial presence is its most valuable asset, which guarantees fair, efficient royalty collections and close relations with clients and members in each and every region.
Our governance
SACEM is a non-profit non-trading entity owned and managed by its members: authors, composers and publishers of music.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Run by its members since 1851, SACEM defends, protects and supports all authors, composers and publishers of music every day.
Statutes and general regulations
Discover SACEM’ Statutes and
General Regulations