"This agreement covers all types of videos
broadcasted by YouTube"
The French collecting society SACEM, which manages the rights of
authors and publishers of musical works, announced, on 3
April 2013, that it has entered into a new agreement with YouTube and
Universal Music Publishing International (UMPI). This agreement defines the
conditions of use of SACEM’s repertoire and UMPI’s Anglo-American repertoire in
videos broadcasted by YouTube in 127 countries across Europe, the Middle East,
Africa and Asia. The deal, however, does not include the United States. This
agreement, which commences on 1 January 2013, covers all types of videos
broadcasted by YouTube, including user-generated content.
In its public announcement, SACEM explained that “This agreement enables greater transparency, due to better coordination
in the exchange of data, while ensuring a fair remuneration of the right
holders who are entitled to a share of the revenues generated by the platform".
However, the rights of authors and composers of Universal Music Publishing who
are members of other European collecting societies remain subject to the
agreements entered into between YouTube and the relevant collecting societies.
SACEM explains that the agreement was entered into as part of DEAL
(Direct European Administration and Licensing), a joint initiative of SACEM and
UMPI for the creation of an entity to deliver multi-territorial licenses for
all types of online media.
SACEM
has already entered into over 200 agreements for the collection of fees for the
broadcasting of music on the internet. These agreements cover a wide range of
internet business models, such as downloading, subscriptions for unlimited streaming
and free online streaming. The following Internet players have entered into
such agreements: Deezer, Spotify, iTunes, Qobuz, Wat, Beezik, Omnifone, Idol,
Believe, Nokia, Orange, Yahoo, SFR, etc.
