Recorded media product (opo)

Production of physical media

You’d like to produce a CD, a vinyl record… for public distribution.

Conditions of the Authorisation


Reproducing a work requires the prior consent of its authors. The SDRM issues this authorisation for the Sacem repertoire via a single form. The royalties you pay go to the creators and publishers. For works covered by Scam or SACD, please contact these organisations directly.
  • Criteria

    • You are an adult or the legal representative of a minor or a person under guardianship or administration. 
    • Your authorisation relates to the reproduction rights of works in connection with the production of a record.
    • Your authorisation does not 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.
  • Prices

Obtain your authorisation

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  1. Fill in our online licence request form . For your first request, you must create an OPO (work by work) producer account (free). You must fill in the list of works you wish to reproduce.
    As soon as you have registered your licence request and validated the general conditions, you will receive a request number.
  2. SDRM checks that the works belong to the repertoires it represents and will send you an estimate for the licence to your online account  with the amount of royalties you will have to pay.
  3. Pay royalties to SDRM:
    • by credit card from your online OPO producer account ;
    • by bank transfer, using SDRM IBAN available on the online help ;
    • by cheque, payable to SDRM, to be sent by post to: SDRM (OPO) 225, avenue Charles de Gaulle 92528 Neuilly-sur-Seine cedex ; specifying the licence request number(s) on the back of the cheque ;
      NOTE : If you pay by cheque, your request will only be processed three weeks after it has been paid in.