Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques
| Company type | Société civile |
|---|---|
| Founded | July 3, 1777 in Paris, France |
| Founder | Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais |
| Headquarters | , |
| Owner | Pascal Rogard |
| Website | https://www.sacd.fr |
SACD, founded as Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques (English: Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers) on 7 March 1829, is a French collecting society, undertaking collective rights management for authors.[1] The Society manages, promotes and protects the performance rights of theatrical, audiovisual or photographic works for their creators by collecting royalties and authorising performances.[2] It's also one of the main lobbies against "droit d'auteur" (copyright) changes and to protect the activities of collective rights management societies.
History
[edit]The SACD was founded in 1829 by French dramatist and miscellaneous writer Charles-Guillaume Étienne.[1] The idea of society protecting the rights of the authors dates back to Beaumarchais, who founded his own organization in 1777.
Current activities
[edit]In 2006 the Society represented about 44,000 members in the performing arts and audiovisual sectors.[3] The entire SACD repertoire currently comprises about 500,000 works, from the performing arts and the audiovisual sector.[4]
The SACD lobbies in favor of governmental action meant to discourage unauthorized use of copyrighted works over the Internet (DADVSI, HADOPI) 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 Roman Polanski, 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.[5]
The SACD gives a prize to one of the feature films competing at the Critics' Week sidebar of the Cannes Film Festival.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "SACD - History".
- ^ "untitled" (PDF).
- ^ "Sacd - The Sacd".
- ^ "SACD - Collect and Distribute".
- ^ Toobin, Jeffrey (14 December 2009). "The Celebrity Defense". The New Yorker. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- ^ "Prize List - La Semaine de la Critique of Festival de Cannes". Semaine de la Critique du Festival de Cannes.
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