SACEMCountryFranceThe leading French performing rights collection organization.Music Business WorldwideSACEM In The News News 220+ rights orgs worldwide urge France’s National Assembly to adopt bill that would force AI firms to prove copyrighted content wasn’t used to train their tech The Darcos bill would reverse the burden of proof in AI copyright disputes in France News Andrew Jenkins to depart Universal Music Publishing Group after nearly two decades Jenkins announced his exit on Monday (June 1) News Sacem paid out $1.7bn to composers and publishers in 2025 on 21% YoY revenue jump to $2bn International collections rose 13% while revenue collected within France was largely flat. News A bill in France would force AI firms to prove they didn’t use copyrighted content to train their tech. The country’s music biz is urging lawmakers to pass it The law would reverse the burden of proof in copyright disputes involving AI in France News Anghami appoints Meshal Abdullah Mohammad Ali as Chairman in board reshuffle The company counted 3.54m subs as of June 30, 2025 with over 120m total registered users News AI music tech startup Claimy raises $1.8m to tackle missing royalty payments Claimy cross-references metadata, royalty rates and collection data from organizations like PRS for Music and SACEM to predict what rightsholders should receive. News German collection society GEMA to cut ‘on-demand music distribution’ commission to 7% by 2027; expects move to boost annual payouts by $7m Even the initial reduction to 9% will generate an additional €2 million ($2.4m) annually for GEMA members. News France-based music rights management firm 22D Music buys stake in indie publishing company Velvetica Music Deal marks 'the merger of two highly complementary players in the French music publishing industry.'1 2 … 10 Next
News 220+ rights orgs worldwide urge France’s National Assembly to adopt bill that would force AI firms to prove copyrighted content wasn’t used to train their tech The Darcos bill would reverse the burden of proof in AI copyright disputes in France
News Andrew Jenkins to depart Universal Music Publishing Group after nearly two decades Jenkins announced his exit on Monday (June 1)
News Sacem paid out $1.7bn to composers and publishers in 2025 on 21% YoY revenue jump to $2bn International collections rose 13% while revenue collected within France was largely flat.
News A bill in France would force AI firms to prove they didn’t use copyrighted content to train their tech. The country’s music biz is urging lawmakers to pass it The law would reverse the burden of proof in copyright disputes involving AI in France
News Anghami appoints Meshal Abdullah Mohammad Ali as Chairman in board reshuffle The company counted 3.54m subs as of June 30, 2025 with over 120m total registered users
News AI music tech startup Claimy raises $1.8m to tackle missing royalty payments Claimy cross-references metadata, royalty rates and collection data from organizations like PRS for Music and SACEM to predict what rightsholders should receive.
News German collection society GEMA to cut ‘on-demand music distribution’ commission to 7% by 2027; expects move to boost annual payouts by $7m Even the initial reduction to 9% will generate an additional €2 million ($2.4m) annually for GEMA members.
News France-based music rights management firm 22D Music buys stake in indie publishing company Velvetica Music Deal marks 'the merger of two highly complementary players in the French music publishing industry.'
