E-book

Media and digital distribution

Are you planning to produce a digital book (audiobook, enhanced book) that you wish to make available on a digital platform?

Conditions of the Authorisation


Behind every track you play, there are songwriters and composers. The law protects their work. Your Sacem Authorisation gives you access to their repertoire, with complete legal certainty. The royalties you pay go directly to them and reward their creative work.
  • Criteria

    • Your authorisation is granted in respect of the reproduction rights and the representation rights.
    • This authorisation does not, in particular, cover moral rights or derivative rights such as the right to arrange, the right to adapt, the right to translate, etc. Nor does it cover Related rights.
    • You are of legal age or the legal representative of a minor or a person under guardianship or trusteeship.
  • Prices

    Depending on your project

Obtain your authorisation

Would you like to receive the pricing terms for your e-book?

Please could you email the following to online@sacem.fr:
• A full description of your e-book
• A list of the musical works used in your e-book
• The date your e-book will be published online
• The platforms on which your e-book will be available
• The price of your e-book
• Your sales forecasts: number of copies sold and turnover

Note that


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Other authorisations may be required depending on the type of music you wish to use (pre-existing music, commissioned music, etc.)

If you use commercially available recordings (singles, albums, including self-produced ones), you must also obtain authorisation from the producers of those recordings. If you have any questions, you can contact the following organisations, amongst others:

The SCPP (Société civile des producteurs phonographiques)

The SPPF (Civil Society of Phonogram Producers in France)