Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques
Company type | Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais |
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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
History
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
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 (
In 2009, the SACD hosted a petition in favor of
The SACD gives a prize to one of the feature films competing at the
References
- ^ 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.