Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques

SACD
Company typeSociété civile
FoundedJuly 3, 1777 (1777-07-03) in Paris, France
FounderPierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
Headquarters,
OwnerPascal Rogard
Websitehttps://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 collecting society, undertaking collective rights management for authors. The Society manages, promotes and protects the performance rights of theatrical, audiovisual or photographic works for their creators by collecting royalties and authorising performances. It's also one of the main lobbies against "droit d'auteur" (copyright) changes and to protect the activities of collective rights management societies.