Société des Editeurs et Auteurs de Musique

SEAM, Société des Editeurs et Auteurs de Musique

175, rue Saint-Honoré
Paris Cédex 01
75040
France
Phone: +33 1 42 96 76 46
Fax: +33 1 42 86 02 83
Email: seamfrance@free.fr
web: http://www.seamfrance.fr/

Chief Executive:
Président -Gérant : François Leduc

KEY REPRESENTATIVES
Directrice juridique : Philippine Girard- Leduc

HISTORY OF ORGANISATION
History of the 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 and in August 2006. SEAM is also the French agency or ISMN (International Standard Music number) since January 1995. ISMN is the equivalent of ISBN for music.
Year of incorporation : 1988
Year of first collection : 1990
Year of first distribution : 1992

ORGANISATION
Composition of Board
Total number of Board Members : 17
How are Board Members elected : 10 Board members are statutories members and 7 are elected every 3 years.
Total number of Author Representatives :5
Total number of Publisher Representatives :12

Members:
Total number of Member Associations : 130
Total Publishers' Associations :2
Total Creators' (authors and visual artists) Associations:2
Remarks about the 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 plus 2 author and composer unions (SNAC and UNAC), 130 music publishers and the 2 music publisher unions CEMF and CSDEM.

MODEL OF RRO OPERATION

Type of National legislation :

Civil law : Yes
Common law : No

Licensing system:
Obligatory Collective Management
Mandating rights holders :
law or mandates

LICENCES
Reprographic licences
Types of works licensed : Music sheet (classical music, jazz, light music, liturgical and military music…),songs texts and teaching music books (if published by music publishers)....
Types of uses licensed (including, where applicable, course packs, document delivery): reprography of graphic music
Types of institutions/sectors licensed : 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 and band.
Pilot Projects : Choir


Digital Licences
Types of works licensed: graphic music (music sheet, songs texts, music teaching books ..)
Types of uses licensed (including, where applicable, course packs,
document delivery and storage): digital private use of graphic music (CDR, DVDR, DDExt, Memory card, USB Key, in april: cell phone ...). 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.
Types of institutions/sectors licensed : General public (private use). All schools in the french educational system depending on the Ministry of Education. for private use: all sectors

Other Licences
Public Lending Rights : No


DISTRIBUTION
Title-specific distribution : No
Non title-specific distribution : Yes
Both title-specific distribution and non title-specific distribution : No
Full reporting : No
Sampling : No
Statistical surveys : Yes
Objective availability : Yes
Possibility to be copied : No


FINANCIAL DATA


Total amount collected for all licensing :
€ 3,083,520.00
Total amount collected for reproduction licensing :
€ 3,083,520.00
Total amount collected nationally for reproduction licensing :
€ 3,010,815.00
Total amount received for licensing from other RROs world-wide :
€ 72,705.00
Total amount distributed to national rightsholders :
€ 2,082,167.00
Total amount distributed from all licensing :
€ 2,082,167.00