(SEAM) Société des Editeurs et Auteurs de Musique

Organisation

SEAM (SEM before 1994) was created in December 1988 by the Chambre Syndicale des Editeurs de Musique de France (CEMF) and the first licences were issued in 1990. In 1994, SEM became SEAM and was agreed by the Ministry of Culture in April 1996. This agreement was renewed in July 2001, in August 2006, August 2011 and August 2016. SEAM is also the French agency or ISMN (International Standard Music number) since January 1995. ISMN is the equivalent of ISBN for music.

Year Incorporated

1988

Year First Distribution

1992

Board Members Method

11 Board members are statutories members and 7 are elected every 3 years.

Board Members Number

18

Author Reps Number

6

Member Associations Number

130

Pub Associations Number

2

Creators Associations Number

2

Remarks Members

SEAM gathers together all the French music authors and publishers concerned by reprography (classical music, jazz, light music, liturgical and military music). SEAM represents all French music publishers plus3 author and composer unions (SNAC, UNAC,UCMF), 130 music publishers and the 2 music publisher unions CEMF and CSDEM.

Staff Number

3

National Legislation Type

Civil Law

Licensing System

Obligatory Collective Management

Mandating Rights Holders

law or mandates

Reprographic Licences Types of Institutions

Conservatories and music schools, universities, secondary schools, public institutes of teacher training, primary schools(a contract was signed in 2005). churches through SECLI which is part of SEAM. Harmonic orchestras, band, bandas, choirs...

Reprographic Licences Types of Uses

reprography of graphic music

Reprographic Licences Types of Works

Music sheet (classical music, jazz, light music, liturgical and military music…),songs texts and teaching music books (if published by music publishers)....

Digital Licences Types of Institutions

General public (private use). websites or others. All schools in the french educational system depending on the Ministry of Education. for private use: all sectors For the data base: principally websites.

Digital Licences Types of Uses

digital private use of graphic music (CDR, DVDR, DDExt, Memory card, USB Key, cell phone, touchpad ...). SEAM also signed (like CFC for books) in march 2006 a contract with the Ministry of Education for the digital use of graphic music in the french educational system. Seam also gives "be to be" licences for the use of a lyrics database called BOEM (more than 70 000 titles in French and english) and distributes to the rightholders the royalties.

Digital Licences Types of Works

graphic music (music sheet, songs texts, music teaching books ..)

Administration Charge

€447,010

Amount Collected Licensing Reprographic

€6,529,036

Amount Collected Nationally Licensing Reprographic

€6,380,287

Amount Collected Total

€6,529,036

Amount Distributed Licensing Reprographic

€4,796,780

Amount Distributed National Rightsholders Reprographic

€4,796,780

Amount Distributed RROs Foreign

€39,725

Amount Further Education

€74,596

Amount Higher Education

€74,596

Amount Levies Equipment

€3,914,716

Amount Received RROs Worldwide Licensing

€148,749

Amount Received RROs Worldwide Licensing Reprographic

€148,749

Amount Schools

€1,909,578

Author Publisher Split

keys are in the status or in the law

Bilateral Agreements Type A Number

4

Bilateral Agreements Type A With

SEMU, CEDRO, VG MUSIKEDITION, KOPINOR

Cultural Deductions Percentage

25%25 of the digital private use collections.

Dist Method Both Specific Flag

Yes

Dist Method Objective Availability Flag

Yes

Dist Method Statistical Surveys Flag

Yes

New Developments & Court Cases

SEAM controls schools: -which adhered to the licence to check they didn't exceed their chosen page quota -which didn't sign the licence to be sure they aren't using any photocopies of sheet music. When these schools make unauthorised copies, SEAM takes them to court. SEAM made a number of important checks in music schools and conservatories this year and elarge its action of prevention in doing a lot of information days in the schools. SEAM do the same with the harmnic orchestras, Bands, choirs..

New Developments Licensing

SEAM proposes, since september 2014, a contract for the reprographic uses in choirs. SEAM collects and distributes fees from a data base of songs texts ("BOEM") that gathers 70 000 English and french titles.

New Developments Other

SEAM has increased its collection and distribution and continues to prospect for new music schools and conservatories. It continues to work with CFC for the application of the different contracts signed for secondary schools, universities and primary schools. SEAM distributed fees for private copies of graphical musical works made on new medias (CDR, CDRW, MFD, ZIP, DVD, USB key, external hard disc, memory stick etc). The most recent area development is the data base "BOEM" (see before) and also the new contract proposed to choirs.

New Developments Surveys

different surveys principally in the universities, secondaries school and primary schools. Monthly surveys for the digital private use for the differents medias (USB Key, DVD datas etc..).

Publisher Reps Number

12

Local Currency

Euro