Internet / Multimedia

Pay-as-you-go music download service

For the final download of individual music

You plan to offer a definitive download service to the free or paid unit of musical works and / or video clips with the ability to pre-listening and / or pre-visualization.

For temporary download on demand

You plan to offer a temporary download service for musical works and / or video clips with the ability to pre-listening and / or pre-visualization via a subscription contract.

Prices according to your project.

Licensing Conditions

• Your licence is granted for reproduction rights and performing rights. This licence does not concern, in particular, moral rights, subsidiary rights, such as arrangement, adaptation and translation rights, etc. Nor does it concern neighbouring rights  .
• 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.
• You must be of legal age or the legal representative of a minor or a person under guardianship or curatorship

Contact us to get your license for "Pay-as-you-go music"

Pay-as-you-go video on demand (VOD) service

Pay-as-you-go video on demand/VOD

The licence contract may, according on the audiovisual works exploited, cover the repertoires of SACEM (Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs & Editeurs de Musique), SCAM (Société Civile des Auteurs Multimedia) and ADAGP (Société des Auteurs dans les Arts Graphiques and Plastiques)

Fees for pay-as-you-go video on demand/VOD

Pay-as-you-go video on demand/VOD Subscription

The rates denpend on :

• the subscription price
• the number of subscribers

Licensing Conditions:The licence contract may, depending on the audiovisual works exploited, cover the repertoires of SACEM, SCAM (Société Civile des Auteurs Multimédia) and ADAGP (Société des Auteurs dans les Arts Graphiques et Plastiques).

• Your licence is granted for reproduction rights and performing rights.
• This licence does not concern, in particular, moral rights, subsidiary rights, such as arrangement, adaptation and translation rights, etc. Nor does it concern neighbouring rights  .
• You must be of legal age or the legal representative of a minor or a person under guardianship or curatorship.

Contact to get your license for "Video on demand*

Small internet radio

Rates

Annual flat fee payable in advance of 80.00 € (exc VAT)* per broadcast channel.

* VAT 3%

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.

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)*
• Your licence is granted for reproduction rights   and performing rights   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 rights  , subsidiary rights, such as arrangement, adaptation and translation rights  , etc. Nor does it concern neighbouring rights 
• 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, you must get a licence for a webradio associated with branding.
• You must be of legal age or the legal representative of a minor or a person under guardianship or curatorship.

Remember !

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.

Contact us to get your licence for your small internet radio

Corporate internet radio

Rates

Rate:

12% of income (including from advertising, partnerships, sponsoring...)

Minimum amount:

** 60€ (exc VAT)* per broadcast channel

*VAT 3%

Licensing Conditions

• Your licence is granted for reproduction rights and performing rights 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 rights, subsidiary rights, such as arrangement, adaptation and translation rights, etc. Nor does it concern neighbouring rights 
• 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, you must get a licence for a web radio associated with branding.
• You must be of legal age or the legal representative of a minor or a person under guardianship or curatorship.

Remember !

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.

Contact us to get your license for your corporate internet radiocommerciale

WebTV

Rates

According to your project.

Licensing Conditions

• Your licence is granted for reproduction rights and performing rights for streaming programmes comprising audiovisual and/or musical works. Your viewers 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 access the works included in any individualized way at a time of their choice.
• This licence does not concern, in particular, moral rights, subsidiary rights, such as arrangement, adaptation and translation rights, etc. Nor does it concern neighbouring rights.
• 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.
• You must be of legal age or the legal representative of a minor or a person under guardianship or curatorship.

Remember !

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.

Contact us to get your license for your WebTV

Subscription music streaming service

For a subscription streaming (audio or video) service, the tariffs are as specified below

Licensing Conditions

• Your licence is granted for reproduction rights and performing rights for streaming music (audio and/or video) by subscription.
  
  This licence does not concern, in particular, moral rights, subsidiary rights, such as arrangement, adaptation and translation rights, etc. Nor does it concern neighbouring rights.
• The licence is valid for France, Luxembourg and Monaco.
• The use of music in the context of a promotional operation associate with a brand is excluded from the scope of the licence and requires applying for a separate licence.
• You must be of legal age or the legal representative of a minor or a person under guardianship or curatorship.

Remember !

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. 

Contact us for your license for your music streaming service

Ad-supported music and/or music video streaming service

Ad-supported music and/or music video streaming service with a yearly income between €0 and €20,000 (exc VAT):

Licensing Conditions

• Your licence is granted for reproduction rights and performing rights. This licence does not concern, in particular, moral rights, subsidiary rights, such as arrangement, adaptation and translation rights, etc. Nor does it concern neighbouring rights  .
• 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.
• You must be of legal age or the legal representative of a minor or a person under guardianship or curatorship.​

Remember !

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. 

Contact us for your licence for Ad-supported music and/or video streaming service

Pay-as-you-go video on demand/VOD

The licence contract may, according on the audiovisual works exploited, cover the repertoires of SACEM (Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs & Editeurs de Musique), SCAM (Société Civile des Auteurs Multimedia) and ADAGP (Société des Auteurs dans les Arts Graphiques and Plastiques).

The rates for VoD (Video on Demand) per unit are as follows

Rates applicable to musical works and visual arts included in cinematographic or audiovisual drama:

* In the event only the dubbing and/or subtitles from SACEM repertoire are reproduced within a work of audiovisual drama, the rate applicable would be 0.30%.

** In the event ADAGP repertoire is concerned

Rates applicable to audiovisual documentary works:

* In the event of reproduction of translations, dubbing and/or subtitles from SCAM repertoire in an audiovisual documentary work, the rate applicable is 0.30%, in addition to the rate of 4.50% when the audiovisual documentary work belong to repertoire represented by SCAM.

** the split between SCAM and ADAGP is made according to the presence of works from the respective repertoires of each of these authors’ societies in compliance with an agreement they have signed.

Rates applicable to music videos, humorous videos and humoristic audiovisual works:

* the split between SACEM and ADAGP is made according to the presence of works from the respective repertoires of each of these authors’ societies in compliance with an agreement between them.

Rates applicable to audiovisual capture of live stage productions:

Minimum remuneration

For rental (Temporary download on demand and/or viewing on demand), the rate is accompanied by minima, as specified below:

* VAT 3% not included

Regarding music videos. Humour videos and humoristic audiovisual works, minimum remuneration is €0.003 (VAT not included) per musical work included in a music video viewed or sketch and/or a sketch and/or humorous sequence included in humorous video and/or a humoristic audiovisual work viewed.

For all permanent downloads, the price is accompanied by minima as listed below:

* VAT 3% not included

Regarding music videos. Humour videos and humoristic audiovisual works, minimum remuneration is €0.07 (VAT not included) per musical work included in a music video downloaded or a sketch and/or humorous sequence included in humorous video and/or a humoristic audiovisual work downloaded.

Please note!

Please note that if you use recordings produced by record companies, you must also obtain their authorization to broadcast their recordings.

All minima mentioned above are subject to a 50% deduction for all single-track sales or rental offered by the provider of audiovisual works available in the territory for 24 months following their first commercial availability on a platform for sale or rental on demand.

Pay-as-you-go video on demand/VOD Subscription

The rates denpend on :

• the subscription price
• the number of subscribers

Licensing Conditions

The licence contract may, depending on the audiovisual works exploited, cover the repertoires of SACEM, SCAM (Société Civile des Auteurs Multimédia) and ADAGP (Société des Auteurs dans les Arts Graphiques et Plastiques).

• Your licence is granted for reproduction rights and performing rights.
• This licence does not concern, in particular, moral rights, subsidiary rights, such as arrangement, adaptation and translation rights, etc. Nor does it concern neighbouring rights  .
• You must be of legal age or the legal representative of a minor or a person under guardianship or curatorship.

Contact us fir your licence for your video on demand service

What is a web report?

A web report is an audiovisual work integrating music from the protected Sacem repertoire (62 million works).

A web report is in the form of a report, an interview broadcast exclusively on the internet with an average duration of 3 to 10 minutes and carried out by individuals, associations, communities, institutions or companies to present a job, an event, an activity, a sponsorship action…

It’s not a corporate or brand promotion film or web fiction.

The web report presents news, promotes an action or reflects an event.

Examples:

• a town hall films a school outing or the meal of the Elderly, or interviews a user on a development carried out by the roads etc.
• a company makes a film about a sponsorship action or the interview of a sportsman during a competition, or makes a seminar film ...
• an individual films his wedding, an evening, a family event ...

How much does it cost to use music in a web report?

Before uploading your web report, you must obtain permission to use any music from our repertoire.

Licensing Conditions

• Your licence is granted for reproduction rights and performing rights.This licence does not concern, in particular, moral rights, subsidiary rights, such as arrangement, adaptation and translation rights, etc. Nor does it concern neighbouring rights.
• This licence enables any natural person or legal entity to exploit Web reports by video on demand on their Internet site and/or on the page of a video-sharing site with no possibility of downloading.
• The licence is valid in France, Luxembourg and Monaco.
• You must be of legal age or the legal representative of a minor or a person under guardianship or curatorship.

Getting a Licence

Download the licence request, fill it in and return by e-mail or by post.

• Other licences may be necessary, depending on the type of music you want to use (pre-existing music, commissioned music, etc).
• When the duly filled-in licence request has been received and depending on the presence of works belonging to repertoires represented by SDRM, you will receive an invoice. As soon as payment has been received, your licence bearing the mention « Acceptance » will be sent to you.

NB:

any licence request which is incomplete or incorrectly filled in will be returned, which will delay the licensing procedure.

Remember !

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.

Ringtone and ringback tones service

You plan to offer a ringtone, greeting message, musical or audio dedication and call tone download service for mobile phones with the ability to preview.

For a service providing ringtones and ringback tones for mobile phones in the context of single-track sales

• Remuneration of 12% of income plus a minimum** of 0.10 € (exc VAT)* per work used and per download.

For a service providing ringtones and ringback tones for mobile phones in the context of the sale in packs or by subscription

Remuneration of 12% of income plus a minimum** of 0.07 € (exc VAT)* per work used and per download.

* plus current levies and taxes (VAT and contributions payable to AGESSA)

**The amount of remuneration per download cannot be less than the minimum amount.

In the context of the above-mentioned tariffs, when the service also provides access to works in the form of pre-listening and/or previewing of excerpts, a monthly flat fee of €100 (exc VAT)* for every type of access (interactive voice server, fixed and mobile Internet site) applies in addition to the tariff per download.

Remember !

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.

Licensing Conditions

• Your licence is granted for reproduction rights and performing rights for downloading and/or streaming ringtones and/or similar products.
• This licence does not concern, in particular, moral rights, subsidiary rights, such as arrangement, adaptation and translation rights, etc. Nor does it concern neighbouring rights.
• 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.
• You must be of legal age or the legal representative of a minor or a person under guardianship or curatorship.

Contact us for your ringtone and ringback tones service

Getting a license for the production of a corporate film

1-Getting a Licence

The producer of the audiovisual work needs to fill out the request for authorization form, specifying the number of copies required, the exact titles of the works he/she wants to use, with the names of the authors, composers and publishers, as well as the length of each and every song. If any one of these elements is missing, the DRIM returns the form to the producer, leading to further delay.

Attention!

Certain licences, other than the one delivered by the SDRM, are required and must appear on the request for authorization form. We advise you to visit SACEM France’s website for further information.

2- Necessary procedures before the audio-visual realization

The producer needs to contact SACEM in order to get the request for authorization forms "Audiovisuels institutionnels”.

You can also download the form and return two copies by mail to the following address:

SACEM Luxembourg s.c.
76-78 rue de Merl
L-2146 Luxembourg

Procedures to follow when applying for a licence:

• Download the authorisation request
• Complete the application (Excel sheet).
• Keep one copie and send the other one to the following e-mail address daniel.fastro@sacemlux.lu or by post to:76-78, rue de Merl, L-2146 Luxembourg.

Fee to produce a corporate film

Royalties

Fee for corporate audiovisual: information, training or promotion.