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Writers generally join one authors' society for a given territory and right. That society collects your writer share from other countries through its agreements with sister societies, so you don't join a second one for the same rights.

SACEM

Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique · France

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Who can join
Songwriters, Publishers
Joining fee
€154 one-off, including a share-capital portion (amount stated in the online application; the payment step shows the final amount).
Yearly fee
Not published
Processing time
Admission is finalised after the attached documents are checked, within a maximum of two weeks (stated in the online application).
Apply online
Yes: online application with digital signature and card payment. Minors, members of other societies and partial (rights/territory) mandates use paper forms.
Members from abroad
The online form accepts foreign nationality, address and bank accounts. If you belong to another society or want SACEM for only some rights/territories, you must use a separate (paper) application.
Who is eligible
  • Authors/composers: you have written and/or composed a work that is listened to or broadcast.
  • Publishers: you publish at least four works.
  • Proof of use of one work is required, e.g. YouTube/Facebook/SoundCloud screenshot with at least 1,000 views, or a Spotify/Deezer/Apple Music screenshot.
  • Other accepted proof: both sides of a commercial CD/vinyl/DVD sleeve (with barcode), or proof of a concert, radio or TV broadcast.
  • Minors cannot apply online; they must download and return a paper admission file.
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Sources and notes

Standard online membership gives SACEM all your rights for the whole world.

Separate tracks exist for author-directors and dubbing/subtitling authors; a proof of use is asked for each role chosen.

After admission you get a member login and can declare all your works online.

Questions: +33 1 47 15 47 15 or societaires@sacem.fr.

Sources — SACEM's own pages, read on 2026-10-06. Fees and rules change: the society's site is the reference.

How we chose these

Your home society comes first: it is the one you join for the rights listed. The joining details come from each society's own website, read on the date shown on its card. Countries we haven't checked yet show the society from our worldwide directory, with a link to its site.

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Why join?

Songwriters

Societies pay the writers registered with them. If you write songs and aren't a member of an authors' society, your writer share of radio, TV, live and streaming plays can't reach you. It sits unidentified until it is claimed, or is shared out to others.

Performers

When a recording you are on is broadcast or played in public, performers are owed a share (neighbouring rights). It is paid through performers' societies, and registering is how it finds you.

Producers and publishers

Master owners collect their share of the same plays through producers' societies. Publishers collect the publisher share of the songs through the authors' society. Both collect through a society membership.

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