What Spedidam does

Spedidam (Société de perception et de distribution des droits des artistes-interprètes) is a French collective rights management organization founded in 1959 by five performing artists and headquartered at 16 rue Amélie, 75007 Paris. Structured as a société civile à capital variable, it is owned and democratically governed by its 42,000+ associate members — musicians, singers, actors, dancers, circus artists, puppeteers, and comedians who participate in sound or audiovisual recordings. Spedidam holds an exclusive statutory mandate under French intellectual property law to collect three categories of neighboring rights royalties on behalf of performing artists: equitable remuneration from broadcasters and public-space operators, private copying levies from manufacturers and importers of blank recording media, and exclusive rights royalties from secondary uses of recordings. Approximately 25% of private copying revenue is mandated to fund a Cultural Action program that distributed grants across seven dedicated aid streams.

The organization operates a rights management technology stack built around two member-facing portals (MySpedidam for artists to manage declarations and track remuneration, and ADEL for cultural organizations to apply for grants) backed by a rights database, international agreements management, and a WordPress headless CMS plus React front-end deployed and hosted by Agence LIMPIDE on Scaleway. Revenue mechanics combine mandatory statutory collections, voluntary exclusive-right licensing (with per-show and five-year long-term agreement tiers offering 20% discounts), bilateral reciprocal royalty flows with approximately 35 foreign CMOs across 38+ territories, and the regulated allocation to Cultural Action funding. Distribution relies on a hybrid model: direct digital self-service through the portals, direct artist services delivered in Paris and at major French cultural festivals (Festival d'Avignon, Printemps de Bourges, Jazz sous les Pommiers, BIS de Nantes, Rio Loco), and event-driven community recruitment anchored by the three-year Génération Spedidam talent program across Jazz, World Music, Classical/Contemporary, and Contemporary Music cohorts.

Spedidam is undergoing a transitional governance and digital modernization period. Guillaume Damerval departed as Director General in April 2026, with Franck Edouard appointed as intérim; a reorganization announcement followed in July 2025. A ransomware attack targeting internal information systems prompted complaint filing with CNIL and ANSSI notification, accelerating the July 2026 launch of a rebuilt MySpedidam portal designed to be isolated from compromised environments. The Aid Allocation Commission continues to convene eight times per year, and Génération Spedidam cohorts for 2025-2028 have been announced across four genre tracks. The organization is not a venture-backed entity — it raises no external capital, has no subsidiaries, and operates with a regulated, member-elected board, supervisory body, and aid attribution committee.

Name

Spedidam

Legal name

Société de perception et de distribution des droits des artistes-interprètes (Spedidam)

Website

https://spedidam.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1959

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Spedidam is a French collective rights management organization founded in 1959 that collects and distributes neighboring rights royalties on behalf of 42,000+ performing artist members across France, with reciprocal agreements covering 35+ countries and statutory Cultural Action grant programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Collective Rights Management

NAICS

Music Publishers (512230), Music Publishers (51223), Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works) (5331), Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers, and Other Public Figures (711410)

akta.pro primary industry

Neighboring Rights (Master Performance Rights) Administration (MPAIAAAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Performing Rights Organizations (PROs) & Public Performance Licensing (MPAIAKAA), Music Rights Administration & Royalty Processing (Admin, Accounting, Statements) (MPAIAKAD), Global Rights Representation & Sub-Publishing/Reciprocal Collection Services (MPAIAKAI), Performance Rights Administration (PRO Affiliation, Cue Sheet/Setlist Processing) (MPAIABAE), Royalty Accounting & Payment Services (Statements, Audits, Payee Management) (MPAIABAL), Public Performance/Neighboring Rights for AV Uses (Cue Sheet & Reporting Services) (MPAIALAK)

Keywords

• Collective rights management
• Neighboring rights collection
• Royalty distribution services
• Performing artists rights
• Cultural project funding

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Equitable Remuneration Collection: Spedidam collects equitable remuneration (rémunération équitable) from broadcasters and public space operators when phonograms published for commercial purposes are broadcast or communicated publicly. This is a mandatory statutory right managed collectively under French law.
2. Private Copying Remuneration: Spedidam collects private copying remuneration (rémunération pour copie privée) from manufacturers and importers of blank recording media (USB drives, smartphones, tablets, MP3 players, etc.). 25% of this revenue funds the Cultural Action budget.
3. Exclusive Right (Droit Exclusif): Spedidam grants authorizations for secondary uses of recordings on behalf of member performing artists and collects royalties from users. This includes authorization for using recordings in live performances, films, video games, internet communication, etc. Managed on a voluntary basis through artist mandates.
4. International Royalties: Spedidam collects royalties from foreign collective management organizations (through bilateral and unilateral agreements) for the exploitation of member artists' recordings abroad, and distributes these to eligible artists.
5. Cultural Action (Action Artistique et Culturelle): 25% of private copying revenue plus undistributable sums are allocated to cultural action, funding grants for artistic creation, live performance diffusion, arts education, and professional training for performing artists.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Spedidam is a French collective rights management society (société civile) that collects neighboring rights royalties for performing artists, including equitable remuneration from broadcasters and public spaces, private copying remuneration from blank media manufacturers, and exclusive rights royalties from secondary uses of recordings. It distributes these royalties to over 42,000 associate performing artists and operates cultural action funding programs that allocate 25% of private copying revenue plus undistributable sums to grants for live performance creation, festivals, original soundtracks, international touring, and professional training.

Product overview

Spedidam is a collective rights management society (Société civile) founded in 1959 by five performing artists to protect and manage neighboring rights of performing artists. Its portfolio consists of digital service portals (MySpedidam for artists to manage their rights and ADEL for cultural structures to request financial aid), seven distinct cultural action aid programs targeting music festivals, live performances, international touring, original soundtrack recording, promotional video production, and professional training, plus the three-year Génération Spedidam talent development initiative. The organization also administers exclusive rights authorization services for recording users and manages international royalty collection through bilateral agreements with 38 foreign collective management societies covering 40+ countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Génération Spedidam: A program supporting talented performing artists with financial support and special recognition over three years, with partnerships in music venues.
• MySpedidam
• ADEL (Espace Action Culturelle)

Products and services

• MySpedidam Artist Portal
• ADEL Cultural Action Portal
• Aide au spectacle musical
• Aide au spectacle dramatique, chorégraphique, cirque, marionnette
• Aide aux festivals
• Aide au déplacement à l'international
• Aide à la création d'une bande originale pour spectacle dramatique ou chorégraphique
• Aide à la promotion par l'image
• Aide aux formations professionnelles des écoles
• Génération Spedidam Talent Program
• Droit Exclusif – Live Performance Authorization
• Droit Exclusif – Non-Live Performance Authorization
• International Royalty Collection Service
• Collective Rights Management Service

Quantifiable outcome

• 42,000+ performing artists served as associate members
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

37 partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• SAMPRA (South Africa)coreTechnology or IntegrationBilateral reciprocal agreement for collection and distribution of performing artists' royalties from South African exploitation of recordings.
• GVL (Germany)coreTechnology or IntegrationBilateral reciprocal agreement for collection and distribution of performing artists' royalties from German exploitation of recordings.
• PLAYRIGHT (Belgium)coreTechnology or IntegrationBilateral reciprocal agreement for collection and distribution of performing artists' royalties from Belgian exploitation of recordings.
• ABRAMUS (Brazil)coreTechnology or IntegrationBilateral reciprocal agreement for collection and distribution of performing artists' royalties from Brazilian exploitation of recordings.
• ARTISTI (Canada)coreTechnology or IntegrationBilateral reciprocal agreement for collection and distribution of performing artists' royalties from Canadian exploitation of recordings.
• GRAMEX (Denmark)coreTechnology or IntegrationBilateral reciprocal agreement for collection and distribution of performing artists' royalties from Danish exploitation of recordings.
• GRAMEX (Finland)coreTechnology or IntegrationBilateral reciprocal agreement for collection and distribution of performing artists' royalties from Finnish exploitation of recordings.
• AIE (Spain)coreTechnology or IntegrationBilateral reciprocal agreement for collection and distribution of performing artists' royalties from Spanish exploitation of recordings.
• ITSRIGHT (Italy)coreTechnology or IntegrationBilateral reciprocal agreement for collection and distribution of performing artists' royalties from Italian exploitation of recordings.
• PPL (United Kingdom)coreTechnology or IntegrationBilateral reciprocal agreement for collection and distribution of performing artists' royalties from UK exploitation of recordings.
• SENA (Netherlands)coreTechnology or IntegrationBilateral reciprocal agreement for collection and distribution of performing artists' royalties from Dutch exploitation of recordings.
• SAMI (Sweden)coreTechnology or IntegrationBilateral reciprocal agreement for collection and distribution of performing artists' royalties from Swedish exploitation of recordings.
• SWISSPERFORM (Switzerland and Liechtenstein)coreTechnology or IntegrationBilateral reciprocal agreement for collection and distribution of performing artists' royalties from Swiss and Liechtenstein exploitation of recordings.
• GDA (Portugal)coreTechnology or IntegrationBilateral reciprocal agreement for collection and distribution of performing artists' royalties from Portuguese exploitation of recordings.
• RAAP (Ireland)coreTechnology or IntegrationBilateral reciprocal agreement for collection and distribution of performing artists' royalties from Irish exploitation of recordings.
• GRAMO (Norway)coreTechnology or IntegrationBilateral reciprocal agreement for collection and distribution of performing artists' royalties from Norwegian exploitation of recordings.
• CPRA/GEIDANKYO (Japan)coreTechnology or IntegrationBilateral reciprocal agreement for collection and distribution of performing artists' royalties from Japanese exploitation of recordings.
• Adami (France)coreTechnology or IntegrationJoint collection agreement with Adami for the performing artists' share of private copying remuneration and equitable remuneration for broadcasting/public communication of phonograms. Both CMOs collect together and redistribute to their respective members regardless of membership.
• FKMP (South Korea)coreTechnology or IntegrationBilateral reciprocal agreement for collection and distribution of performing artists' royalties from South Korean exploitation of recordings.
• SODAV (Senegal)coreTechnology or IntegrationBilateral reciprocal agreement for collection and distribution of performing artists' royalties from Senegalese exploitation of recordings.
• CREDIDAM (Romania)coreTechnology or IntegrationBilateral reciprocal agreement for collection and distribution of performing artists' royalties from Romanian exploitation of recordings.
• SENA (Netherlands)coreTechnology or IntegrationBilateral reciprocal agreement for collection and distribution of performing artists' royalties from Netherlands exploitation of recordings.
• STOART (Poland) - Equitable remunerationcoreTechnology or IntegrationBilateral agreement specifically for equitable remuneration collection and distribution for Polish performing artists from French exploitation of their recordings.
• SAWP (Poland) - Private copyingcoreTechnology or IntegrationBilateral agreement specifically for private copying remuneration collection and distribution for Polish performing artists.
• INTERGRAM (Czech Republic)coreTechnology or IntegrationBilateral reciprocal agreement for collection and distribution of performing artists' royalties from Czech Republic exploitation of recordings.
• PI (Serbia)coreTechnology or IntegrationBilateral reciprocal agreement for collection and distribution of performing artists' royalties from Serbian exploitation of recordings.
• SLOVGRAM (Slovakia)coreTechnology or IntegrationBilateral reciprocal agreement for collection and distribution of performing artists' royalties from Slovakian exploitation of recordings.
• IPF (Slovenia)coreTechnology or IntegrationBilateral reciprocal agreement for collection and distribution of performing artists' royalties from Slovenian exploitation of recordings.
• IPF (Slovenia)coreTechnology or IntegrationBilateral reciprocal agreement for collection and distribution of performing artists' royalties from Slovenian exploitation of recordings.
• AGATA (Lithuania)coreTechnology or IntegrationBilateral reciprocal agreement for collection and distribution of performing artists' royalties from Lithuanian exploitation of recordings.
• AMANAT (Kazakhstan)coreTechnology or IntegrationBilateral reciprocal agreement for collection and distribution of performing artists' royalties from Kazakh exploitation of recordings.
• HUZIP (Croatia)coreTechnology or IntegrationBilateral reciprocal agreement for collection and distribution of performing artists' royalties from Croatian exploitation of recordings.
• EEL (Estonia)coreTechnology or IntegrationBilateral reciprocal agreement for collection and distribution of performing artists' royalties from Estonian exploitation of recordings.
• APOLLON (Greece)coreTechnology or IntegrationBilateral reciprocal agreement for collection and distribution of performing artists' royalties from Greek exploitation of recordings.
• EJI (Hungary)coreTechnology or IntegrationBilateral reciprocal agreement for collection and distribution of performing artists' royalties from Hungarian exploitation of recordings.
• SFH (Iceland)coreTechnology or IntegrationBilateral reciprocal agreement for collection and distribution of performing artists' royalties from Icelandic exploitation of recordings.
• Festival Rio Loco (France)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerSpedidam partnered with Festival Rio Loco in 2026, presenting two Génération Spedidam artists (Nirina Rakotomavo and Joanne Radao) on the Scène Garonne and hosting an information session on Spedidam's role and artist support programs.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• GVL (Gesellschaft zur Verwertung von Leistungsschutzrechten): GVL is the German CMO for performers and phonogram producers. Spedidam and GVL operate a bilateral reciprocal agreement for neighboring-rights collection and serve the same function in their respective domestic markets.
• AIE (Artistas Intérpretes, Ejecutantes): AIE is the Spanish CMO for performers' neighboring rights. It maintains a bilateral reciprocal agreement with Spedidam for cross-border royalty collection and operates under the same continental European neighboring-rights regime.
• SWISSPERFORM: SWISSPERFORM is the Swiss and Liechtenstein CMO for neighboring rights of performing artists. Like Spedidam, it manages equitable remuneration, private copying, and international reciprocal agreements under the same continental European legal framework.
• Adami: Adami is the other French collective management organization for performing artists' neighboring rights. Spedidam and Adami jointly collect private copying and equitable remuneration, redistribute to their respective members regardless of affiliation, and directly compete for the same population of French performers.
• PlayRight: PlayRight is the Belgian CMO for performers' neighboring rights. It is a direct bilateral reciprocal partner of Spedidam and serves the same role in Belgium, with comparable revenue streams and member services.
• PPL (Phonographic Performance Limited): PPL is the UK's CMO for performers and phonogram producers, collecting equitable remuneration and secondary-use royalties. Spedidam holds a bilateral reciprocal agreement with PPL, and the two operate the same neighboring-rights collection model in their respective jurisdictions.
• GRAMEX Denmark: GRAMEX is the Danish CMO for performing artists' neighboring rights. It is a bilateral partner of Spedidam and serves an analogous role for Danish performers, collecting equitable remuneration and private copying levies.
• SAMI (Svenska Artisters och Musikers Intresseorganisation): SAMI is the Swedish CMO for performers and musicians' neighboring rights. It is a reciprocal partner of Spedidam and operates the same performer-rights collection model in Sweden, including equitable remuneration and international distribution.

Broad incumbents

• SACEM: SACEM is the dominant French CMO for authors, composers, and music publishers — covering the related but distinct authors' rights (droits d'auteur) that complement Spedidam's neighboring rights. As the broader incumbent in French collective rights management, SACEM sets the institutional context in which Spedidam operates and negotiates with users.
• SCAM: SCAM is a French CMO managing rights for audiovisual authors and documentary makers. While it covers a different creative category than Spedidam, it operates under the same French collective-rights-management legal framework and shares the broader advocacy agenda on AI, copyright reform, and neighboring rights.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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