18 September 2013

Sacem and Creative Commons renew their agreement

Press Release, 16 September 2013 (version française ci-dessous)

Sacem (Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Éditeurs de Musique) and Creative Commons are extending the agreement they signed on 9 January 2012.

The innovative agreement enables authors and composers who are members of Sacem to promote their works within a non-commercial framework, notably on Internet. It combines the use of the Non-Commercial Licences offered by Creative Commons with the collection and distribution services offered by Sacem for the royalties which are the income of its creator and publisher members.

Authors, composers and publishers who are members of Sacem can thus select individual works for which they hold rights and CC-license them under one of the three Creative Commons licences for non-commercial usage:
Attribution— Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC)
Attribution— Non-Commercial – Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA)
Attribution— Non-Commercial – NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND).

Details about these licences are to be found on http://creativecommons.fr

Satisfactory initial results

Since January 2012, 713 works were CC-licensed by 60 author-composers and 3 publishers, members of Sacem, totalling 7 different nationalities.

Updated answers will soon be put on line on sacem.fr; taking into account questions that arose during the first 18 months (i.e. during the lifetime of the first agreement).

Jean-Noël Tronc, CEO of Sacem: “It is a movement which Sacem has been accompanying for 18 months and to which it confirms its support with this new agreement. Our aim remains the same: to give our members, authors, composers, publishers, the largest choice possible concerning the modalities of protection of their creations.”

Paul Keller, Creative Commons Collective Societies Liaison: “The joint effort undertaken to offer authors greater freedom of choice in how to share their works obviously answers the expectations of SACEM’s membership. Creative Commons is very pleased to be continuing this partnership, and the Creative Commons France team is delighted to have helped enhance authors’ rights collective management systems in France.”

Press contacts:

Sacem/Catherine Boissière: +33 (0)1 47 15 45 21 / catherine.boissiere@sacem.fr

CC France/Lara Beswick: +33 (0)6 21 53 24 20 / lara@creativecommons.fr

Links: www.sacem.fr; www.creativecommons.fr

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Communiqué de presse, 16 septembre 2013

La Sacem (Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique) et Creative Commons annoncent la reconduction de leur accord signé le 9 janvier 2012.

Cet accord permet aux auteurs compositeurs membres de la Sacem de développer la promotion de leurs œuvres dans un cadre non commercial, notamment sur Internet. Il allie de manière innovante l’utilisation de Licences Non Commerciales proposées par les Creative Commons et les modes de collecte et de répartition des droits d’auteur qui sont les revenus des créateurs et des éditeurs de la Sacem.

Les auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs membres de la Sacem ont ainsi la faculté de choisir chacune des œuvres dont ils sont ayants-droit et qu’ils souhaitent placer sous une des trois licences Creative Commons prévues pour une utilisation non commerciale :
Paternité — Pas d’Utilisation Commerciale (CC BY-NC),
Paternité — Pas d’Utilisation Commerciale – Partage à l’Identique (CC BY-NC-SA),
Paternité — Pas d’Utilisation Commerciale – Pas de Modification (CC BY-NC-ND).

Toutes les informations sur ces licences sont disponibles sur http://creativecommons.fr

Un premier bilan satisfaisant

Depuis janvier 2012, 713 œuvres ont été placées sous licences Creative Commons par 60 auteurs compositeurs et 3 éditeurs membres de la Sacem et issus de 7 nationalités différentes.

Des réponses actualisées et tenant compte des questions qui ont pu être formulées pendant les 18 premiers mois, durée du premier accord, seront prochainement mises en ligne sur sacem.fr.

Jean-Noël Tronc, Directeur général de la Sacem, précise : « C’est un mouvement que la Sacem accompagne depuis 18 mois et auquel elle confirme son soutien avec ce nouvel accord. Notre objectif est toujours le même : laisser à nos membres, auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs, le choix le plus large concernant les modalités de protection de leurs créations.»

Paul Keller, Creative Commons Collective Societies Liaison, souligne : « L’effort commun effectué pour offrir aux auteurs une plus grande liberté de choix dans le mode de diffusion de leurs oeuvres, correspond visiblement aux attentes d’une partie des membres de la SACEM. Creative Commons est particulièrement satisfait de la reconduction de ce partenariat et l’équipe de Creative Commons France se félicite d’avoir contribué à l’évolution des systèmes de gestion collectives des droit d’auteur en France. »

Contacts Presse:

Sacem/Elisabeth Anselin : 01 47 15 45 32 – 06 07 35 67 91 / elisabeth.anselin@sacem.fr

CC France/Lara Beswick : 06 21 53 24 20 / lara@creativecommons.fr

Liens: www.sacem.fr; www.creativecommons.fr

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