Adhésion Sacem : comment adhérer à la SACEM ?

SACEM Membership 2026: The COMPLETE Tutorial to Become a Member, Declare Your Works, and Collect Your Royalties. In this video, I show you exactly how to join SACEM in 2026 if you're an author, composer, publisher, or independent artist. I explain what SACEM is, what it's really for, how much it costs (spoiler alert: €100 for life, €10 of which is refundable), who can join, and most importantly, I walk through the membership process live on sacem.fr, step by step, right up to submitting a work to my member area. Whether you're a budding songwriter, beatmaker, independent producer, a starting label, or a self-producing artist, this video is designed to give you all the practical tools you need to protect your works and collect your royalties without getting bogged down in paperwork. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⏱️ VIDEO CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro: all the questions I'll answer 01:09 What is SACEM (Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers)? 02:17 What does SACEM actually do? 02:54 SACEM membership fees: €100 for life (including €10 for a share) 03:47 Why become a SACEM member: 3 key reasons 05:48 How to join SACEM (intro to the procedure) 06:01 SACEM registration Is it mandatory? 6:29 Can a minor join SACEM? 07:02 Joining SACEM without knowing how to read music 07:39 How long does it take to receive your first SACEM royalties (6 to 18 months) 09:00 Combining SACEM with another authors' society (SABAM, SUISA, SOCAN, ASCAP) 13:13 What happens if you leave SACEM? 10:50 The SACEM commission (around 10.8%) 11:31 Difference between SACEM and SCPP/SPPF (copyright vs. related rights) 12:27 Joining SACEM without living in France or being French 12:53 Step-by-step membership procedure on sacem.fr 14:09 Supporting documents requested by SACEM 15:40 The Spotify screenshot trick for proof of use 17:17 Membership fees: payment by card Bank account 17:44 Creating your SACEM account online 20:05 Declaring your first work (Instrumental KO) 24:08 Submitting your work via the sacem.fr interface 26:00 Phonographic distribution key, DEP, DR: how it works 29:23 Validation and electronic signature of the submission 31:00 Complete video summary 33:11 Muzisecur: delegating all administrative management ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ❓ SACEM MEMBERSHIP FAQ How much does SACEM membership cost in 2026? €100 for life, including a €10 membership fee (refundable if you leave SACEM). No recurring fees, regardless of the number of works registered. Can a minor join SACEM? Yes, with the prior written consent of their legal guardian. Royalties can be frozen or paid to the guardian until they reach the age of majority. Do you need to be able to read music to join SACEM? No. No diploma, conservatory training, or sheet music is required. If you write or compose music, you can join. How long does it take to receive your first SACEM royalties? Between 6 and 18 months after the release of a work, to allow time for broadcasts to be collected, declared, and then distributed. Can you be a member of both SACEM and SABAM (or SUISA, SOCAN, ASCAP, BMI)? Yes, through territorial fragmentation. You entrust some countries to SACEM and others to a foreign society. What is the difference between SACEM and SCPP/SPPF? SACEM administers copyright (authors, composers, publishers). SCPP and SPPF administer the related rights of phonographic producers. Is registration with SACEM mandatory? No, never. You don't have to join or you can use a specialized lawyer. But it is highly recommended for collecting your royalties. Can I join SACEM without living in France? Yes, absolutely. There are no requirements regarding nationality or French residency. What commission does SACEM take on my royalties? Approximately 10.8% (regularly reassessed, decreasing for several years). What supporting documents are required to join SACEM? A piece of identification + proof of use: a Spotify screenshot showing your songwriter/composer credits, a broadcast certificate, a CD/vinyl/DVD cover, or a YouTube/Facebook/SoundCloud screenshot with 1000+ views. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ If you want to delegate all the administrative management of your activity as an artist, producer, or label (SACEM, SCPP, SPPF, ADAMI, SPEDIDAM, SABAM, SOCAN, SUISA, BMDA, ONDA memberships, etc.), the declaration of your works in a single form distributed everywhere, the automatic generation of your contracts (assignment, publishing, co-production, licensing, featuring), the annual sales declaration, the phonographic tax credit (up to 40% of your expenses reimbursed), grant applications, playlist pitches, digital distribution, and much more: 👉 Discover Muzisecur: https://muzisecur.fr #sacem #successfulproducer #songwriter Sacem Membership: How to join SACEM?    • Adhésion Sacem : comment adhérer à la S...