Reproduction on video medium

ISRC (International Standard Recording Code) is an international identification system for sound recordings and music videos. It is a unique and permanent identification of a particular recording and can be encoded as a digital fingerprint in a publication of that recording.

Would you like to use an ISRC code? Then please contact SIMIM.

Are you an associate of Sabam and do we manage your rights? Then the mechanical reproduction rights have to be paid, even if you release your own works on a sound carrier (self-production).

You may however be eligible for a copyright exemption (limited to a maximum of 1000 copies per catalogue number) if you meet the conditions below. There is also an administrative cost of € 50 (+ 21% VAT) per licence application.

• the author(s)/composer(s) is/are 100% owner of all works on the sound carrier;
• the applicant may not be a legal entity (non-profit association, private limited company,...);
• the manufacturing costs are entirely at the expense of the author(s)/composer(s);
• the works may not have been published at the time of the application;
• Sabam has no obligation to the publisher if the works are published AFTER the self-released production. The author(s)/composer(s) is/are in that case directly liable to the publisher if the latter claims the copyrights for the pressing concerned;
• the exemption only applies to authors/composers who are members of Sabam;
• the application of the exemption must be explicitly requested.

If you want to release a sound carrier (CD, DVD, record, etc.), you must first provide us with an application for reproduction. You can easily do this via MyUnisono (FR version - NL version).

After we have processed your application, we will send the ‘permission to press’ both to you and to the presser. However, the permission only becomes final after payment of the invoice.

For a CD:

The collection amounts to 8% on the retail price (excluding VAT), with an absolute minimum of:

    - € 0.2576 for a single (2 works / max. 10min.)

    - € 0.3968 for a maxi single (4 works / max. 20min.)

    - € 0.8312 for an album (18 works / max. 80min.)
 

For a vinyl record:

The collection amounts to 8% on the retail price of the record (excluding VAT), with an absolute minimum of:

    - € 0.4048 for a 45 rpm + EP

    - € 0.4144 for a 33 rpm LP

The rate is per copy and is increased by 6% VAT.

For your information:
Under ‘label’ you fill in the name of the music label. If you release the work yourself, you can choose any name you want. As far as Sabam is concerned, your label name has then been created and no further formalities need to be completed.

Under ‘catalogue number’ you enter the catalogue number of the release. A catalogue number is always ascending. If you self-release the work, please use an abbreviation of the label name and the numbers 01 for your first release.

Under ‘graphic reproduction’, please only tick ‘yes’ if you are using protected images on the cover of the work.

Be sure to take a look at our brochure for music on a sound carrier (FR - NL).  

If you want to release a sound carrier (CD, DVD, record, etc.), you must first provide us with an application for reproduction. You can easily do this via MyUnisono (FR version - NL version).

After we have processed your application, we will send the ‘permission to press’ both to you and to the presser. However, the permission only becomes final after payment of the invoice.

The collection amounts to:

    - € 0.2576 for a single (2 works / max. 10min.)

    - € 0.3968 for a maxi single (4 works / max. 20min.)

    - € 0.8312 for an album (18 works / max. 80min.)
 

The rate is per copy and is increased by 6% VAT.

For your information:
Under ‘label’ you fill in the name of the music label. If you release the work yourself, you can choose any name you want. As far as Sabam is concerned, your label name has then been created and no further formalities need to be completed.

Under ‘catalogue number’ you enter the catalogue number of the release. A catalogue number is always ascending. If you self-release the work, please use an abbreviation of the label name and the numbers 01 for your first release.

Under ‘graphic reproduction’, please only tick ‘yes’ if you are using protected images on the cover of the work.

Be sure to take a look at our brochure for music on a sound carrier (FR - NL).  

Are you releasing a CD or record with songs that are not represented by Sabam according to you? Then please state this clearly on your licence application in MyUnisono (FR version - NL version) and ask the authors/composers involved to fill in and sign this document. Please attach this document to your application.

Even if Sabam does not represent the repertoire, you have to submit a licence application. We will then provide you and the presser with a ‘declaration of non-intervention’. This way the presser knows that he may produce the sound carriers.

Be sure to take a look at our brochure for music on a sound carrier (FR - NL).