Occasional “Work-by-Work” licences

The producer must inform SDRM of the list of works to be reproduced before any manufacture.

You can download this document (below) in .xls format and return it by e-mail in a single copy to video.opo@sacem.fr (make sure you keep a copy).

(You are going to download an Excel document. To visualise the General Provisions and the Licence Request, click on the different thumbnails…)

- or fill in the “licence application” available from the Video Service of DDA - 225 avenue Charles de Gaulle - 92528 Neuilly-sur-Seine Cedex (France) or from SACEM-SDRM regional delegations.

NB: licence applications that are incomplete or improperly filled in will be returned, which will further delay the licensing process.
Remember that sending a licence application systematically triggers the billing process (no estimate is drawn up) for protected works belonging to the repertoires we represent.

Useful information: it should take approximately ten days (non-contractual estimation) from the time of reception of the licence application to the issuing of the la debit note. As soon as payment is received, a copy of the licence application specifying “Bon pour autorisation” (Licence granted) is then returned to the producer and another copy is sent directly to the manufacturer (presser).

SDRM verifies that the works belong to the repertoires it represents, then sends the producer a “debit note” indicating the amount of royalties due, calculated according to the data specified on the licence application and the applicable rate.

The licence is non-exclusive and concerns only mechanical reproduction rights for authors, composers and publishers or their right holders, as defined in the Code de la Propriété Intellectuelle (Intellectual property code).

Only protected works belong to repertoires managed by SDRM (SACEM, SCAM, SACD) are taken into account in calculating royalties:

SDRM is not concerned with the licensing of the following works:

• works in the Public Domain (DP),
• works not identified by SDRM (grouped under the term “Owner unknown at present” or PAI), or
• works it does not represent (in which case the licence for reproduction must be obtained directly by the producer).

In these cases, the licence application is returned to the producer, specifying that it is in the “Public Domain” or “Owner unknown at present”.

The producer sends SDRM payment of the total sum indicated on the debit note.

In exchange for payment, the licence is granted and the producer receives a copy of the request, with the indication: “Bon pour autorisation” (Licence granted).

The producer can then proceed with the pressing or duplication of media by the manufacturer for the amounts specified in the request.

SDRM sends a copy of the licence directly to the manufacturer.