SACEM and YouTube Reach an Agreement - Songwriters, composers, publishers and the French YouTube community all benefit
(PresseBox) - SACEM (société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique), France's largest union representing authors, composers and publishers, and YouTube today announce the video platform's first French collection society deal.
This agreement means that authors, authors-directors, humorists, composers and publisher members that SACEM represents will now all be paid when their music is used on YouTube.
The license covers the broadcasting in front of international musical repertoire in music videos and audiovisual content viewed in France via YouTube until the end of 2012. This international repertoire includes anglo-american repertoires of multinational publishers.
This is yet another step in YouTube's ongoing effort to help foster the creation of French content and reward French artists for creative works available online.
In France and throughout the world, YouTube is a comprehensive destination with content that ranges from the educational to the entertaining, and music is a core component.
Bernard Miyet, CEO of SACEM, said: "This agreement demonstrates once more the willingness of SACEM to promote the legal use of works online, especially on video-sharing platforms. Indeed, it is important and symbolic that YouTube, the largest video-sharing site, pay French creators when their content is discovered and viewed on the site. I am satisfied that the open-mindedness of each and a common will to end in a well-balanced result allowed us to surmount the difficulties inherent to the negotiation of an agreement concerning such an innovative but complex model "
Christophe Muller, Director of Partnerships Southern and Eastern Europe and Middle East, YouTube adds: "Since the launch of YouTube in Europe we've been working hard to forge relationships that allow YouTube users to enjoy their favourite songs and discover new music on the site. We are extremely pleased to have reached an agreement with SACEM to help their members earn revenue and to enable new musical talents to emerge."
David Guetta says: "We've been partners of YouTube since 2007, and we use it every day to allow our community of fans to access our content globally. My YouTube channel, reaching about 350M views, is the key element of our online commitment. I'm thrilled to take this new step with the French music industry. It's a great new adventure for artists that will help us receive greater recognition for our work."
Alain Chamfort, author, composer, performer and Vice President of the Sacem Board adds : "This is an incredible step forward for authors recognition and respect of copyright."
About SACEM:
SACEM aims to represent and defend the interests of authors, composers and music publishers to promote music creation. Its primary mission is to collect royalties and distribute them to beneficiaries whose works have been broadcast or reproduced. Private organization SACEM is a civil society non-profit run by the creators and music publishers. It has nearly 132 000 French and foreign members, representing more than 40 million musical works forming the global directory.
About YouTube:
YouTube is the world's most popular online video community allowing millions of people to discover, watch and share originally-created videos. YouTube provides a forum for people to connect, inform and inspire others across the globe and acts as a distribution platform for original content creators and advertisers large and small.
In countries where YouTube is launched, it works to secure mutually acceptable agreements with collection societies. In 2009 and 2010 alone YouTube has signed deals with PRS for Music (UK), BUMA Stemra (NL), SGAE (SP), SIAE (IT), IMRO/MCPSI (IE), OSA (CZ), SAMRO (ZA) and now SACEM (FR).
YouTube, LLC is based in San Bruno, CA and is a subsidiary of Google Inc.
Datum: 30.09.2010 - 13:25 Uhr
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