SACEM royalty or duty

Tourist accommodation: Do you have to pay fees to SACEM?

Information from the SACEM Office in Saint-Etienne, relating to the compliance of tourist accommodation

Do not confuse audiovisual royalties and SACEM rights

These are two totally distinct points, financing different schemes, one of
the other. The first concerns the funding of public broadcasting (before its abolition) and
the second, the remuneration of songwriters.

Mail status on this issue

Following the questions of the hosts on the payment or not of the royalty, the actors of tourism regrouped; therefore the Tourist Office has approached the Maison du Tourisme de Haute-Loire.

The bodies of the UNPLV (the National Union for the Promotion of Holiday Rentals)
as well as certain representatives of national labels specializing in holiday rentals in
France have recently initiated joint protest actions with the authorities
public.
These ongoing actions aim to draw the attention of parliamentarians to the lack of fairness in
this fee, which does not take into account the size or the amplitude of the opening of the
accommodations.
The deputies and senators have been seized of this situation and the latter have moreover
scheduled a SACEM hearing at the beginning of November. At this stage, it is not possible to
prejudge the consequences of this action.

Useful details to know

→ You do not have any connected speakers or any radio device in your
radio-type accommodation, etc., and you do not broadcast music or songs:
In this case, you are not liable for SACEM rights.
→ You play music in your rooms and in your gîtes systematically: You
are liable for SACEM rights.
→ You organize a private event where you broadcast music and songs in your
structure (birthday, wedding, etc.): You are liable for SACEM rights.
→ You make your room available to someone who is organizing a birthday party,
marriage or other: it is this person who is liable for SACEM rights.…