SACD, founded as Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques () on 7 March 1829, is a French

collecting society A copyright collective (also known as a copyright society, copyright collecting agency, licensing agency or copyright collecting society or collective management organization) is a non-governmental body created by copyright law or private agreeme ...

, undertaking

collective rights management Collective rights management is the licensing of copyright and related rights by organisations acting on behalf of rights owners. Collective management organisations (CMOs), sometimes also referred to as collecting societies, typically represen ...

for authors. The Society manages, promotes and protects the performance rights of theatrical, audiovisual or photographic works for their creators by collecting royalties and authorising performances. It's also one of the main lobbies against "droit d'auteur" (copyright) changes and to protect the activities of

societies.

History

The SACD was founded in 1829 by French dramatist and miscellaneous writer Charles-Guillaume Étienne. The idea of society protecting the rights of the authors dates back to Beaumarchais, who founded his own organization in 1777.

Current activities

In 2006 the Society represented about 44,000 members in the performing arts and audiovisual sectors. The entire SACD repertoire currently comprises about 500,000 works, from the performing arts and the audiovisual sector. The SACD lobbies in favor of governmental action meant to discourage unauthorized use of copyrighted works over the Internet (

DADVSI Loi DADVSI (generally pronounced as ) is the abbreviation of the French ''Loi relative au droit d’auteur et aux droits voisins dans la société de l’information'' (in English: "law on authors' rights and related rights in the information so ...

HADOPI The French HADOPI law (, English: "Supreme Authority for the Distribution of Works and Protection of Copyright on the Internet") or Creation and Internet law () was introduced during 2009, providing what is known as a graduated response as a mean ...

) and against proposals to establish a "global license", authorizing French Internet users to copy copyrighted works in exchange for a flat fee on the Internet subscription. In 2009, the SACD hosted a petition in favor of

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, following his arrest for failure to appear in a California court for sentencing after pleading guilty to one count of statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl. The SACD gives a prize to one of the feature films competing at the Critics' Week sidebar of the

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References

External links

The English-language web-site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sacd (Societe Des Auteurs Et Compositeurs Dramatiques) 1829 establishments in France Trade associations based in France Organizations established in 1829